Inflation & Prices
Pubs and Restaurants Hit by 15% Inflation in UK Food Costs
- Wetherspoon says post-pandemic boom has failed to materialize
- Milk, eggs, cheese and oils have sharply risen in price
Pub and restaurant prices were up 2% compared to July.
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Food inflation has hit 15% for Britain’s pubs and restaurants as the cost of buying ingredients keeps rising.
The price of food and non-alcoholic drinks supplied to the UK’s hospitality sector climbed again in August, according to the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index, having recorded double-digit inflation every month since February.