Fuel crisis batters fish and chip shops, pushing up price of classic Good Friday meal

Prices across the food supply sector are already rising as resource shortages triggered by the Iranian blockade of the strait of Hormuz after US strikes begin to bite. Photograph: Fivetonine/Getty Images

The cost of fish and chips is set to surge after the Easter long weekend as rising oil and fertiliser prices make all aspects of food supply more expensive.

Local shops have warned they cannot afford to absorb rising charges from fishers, trucks, potato farmers and planes.