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Evening Standard
National
Anna Wise

Food inflation to hit 5.7% as suppliers can ‘no longer absorb’ costs, FDF warns

Food and drink inflation could climb to 5.7% by the end of the year thanks to cost pressures on manufacturers “trickling down” to supermarket shelves, a leading industry body has warned.

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said current prices were “steeper than anything in recent decades”.

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