Which? and other groups call for intervention as food industry figures gather for summit with Rishi Sunak
Some meat and vegetable lines at supermarkets have almost doubled in price over the past year, research has found, prompting fresh calls for the government to intervene as food industry figures gather for summit in Downing Street.
However, some individual items rose at a far faster pace. The price of a pack of Morliny frankfurters at Asda shot up from an average of £1.25 to £2.42, an increase of nearly 94% in a year, while a four-pack of brown onions at Morrisons went from 65p to £1.24 – a 91% rise.The highest rate of inflation by category last month was on cheese and milk – both over 20% – while inflation eased slightly on both premium and regular supermarket own-brand items.
Supermarkets, farmers and food industry leaders are meeting the prime minister to discuss how to tackle food price inflation, whichto help pick crops and better regulation of suppliers’ relations with supermarkets as well as help to adapt to cope with an anticipated rise in extreme weather conditions prompted by climate change.that it would look at whether a poorly functioning market was contributing to food price inflation, alongside a similar investigation into fuel prices.
She also said the government should expand the Healthy Start voucher scheme, which ensured that low-income households could afford fresh produce.
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