UK food industry saying food prices expected to be up by at least another 9% by December

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cloudtree · 10/04/2026 09:00

BBC news article saying prices will be up at least 9% and thats if the war in the middle east concludes swiftly. Otherwise the increases will be higher.

Worth planting as much as possible to try to cushion yourself a bit and picking up extras of things you buy frequently.

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JingsMahBucket · 10/04/2026 13:08

Would you mind linking to it please? I’d like to read the article and show it to a few friends. We haven’t fully started our garden for this year and will plan accordingly. We did plant potatoes a couple weeks ago though.

WhitegreeNcandle · 10/04/2026 13:11

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q98w57k25o?app-referrer=deep-link

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cloudtree · 10/04/2026 13:29

It was actually this one I was referring to (but both contain the same source)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8ea95b22-220c-44be-8704-c41cdff0df66

How holidays, food and clothes soon cost you more - despite the Iran ceasefire - BBC News

Fuel costs have already soared, flights and mortgages are also rising - and food could soon do the same

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8ea95b22-220c-44be-8704-c41cdff0df66

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JingsMahBucket · 11/04/2026 07:33

@cloudtree @WhitegreeNcandle thanks both of you. I’m reading the articles right now. I’m a bit worried because we’re going through a financial rough patch at essentially the worst time so I’m trying to keep calm around rebuilding our pantry.

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