Inflation Is Making the English Breakfast Even More Indulgent

Preparing English breakfasts is around 18% more expensive than a year ago, in yet another indicator of how the cost-of-living crisis is squeezing UK household budgets.

Buying fry-up supplies -- toast, butter, eggs, sausages and bacon, together with coffee and tea -- will set back consumers by an average of £19.1 ($22.96), almost £3 more than in the comparable period last year. That’s according to retail research firm Assosia, which crunched price data across grocers Tesco Plc, J Sainsbury Plc, Asda and Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc in July.