Chop and change: pork is ‘new beef’ for money-saving Britons, report finds

Sales of pork mince at Waitrose are up 16% on last year, as home cooks adapt favourite recipes, such as spaghetti bolognese or nachos. Photograph: Tatiana Volgutova/Alamy

Pork is the “new beef”, with Britons increasingly making the money-saving meat swap for dishes such as spaghetti bolognese or T-bone steak, according to a new report.

With the latest official figures showing beef price inflation running at 27%, customers are looking to buy pork cuts that you would typically associate with beef. That list runs to free-range fillets and short ribs as well as T-bone and rib-eye steaks, Waitrose says in its annual food and drink report.