A flat white coffee 'will cost £4' by the end of the year due to rising milk costs, according to a coffee roaster. He has warned that a morning coffee could become a luxury item rather than an everyday essential as inflation returns to a four-decade high.
Today the ONS (Office for National Statistics) showed that the inflation of milk prices has reached the highest level ever recorded, forcing businesses to bump up prices. Robi Lambie, coffee roaster and co-founder of Cairngorm Coffee in the Scottish capital, said he was “very concerned” about the impact of inflation on the business.
“One worry we have is that rising costs could push the price of coffee into a bracket where customers decide it’s more of a luxury lifestyle decision, rather than everyday morning essential,” he said.
