Three major supermarkets have announced they will be rationing cooking oil. The decision comes as a result of the ongoing shortage of the product, worsened by the conflict occurring between Russia and Ukraine.
The war is threatening food supplies for many countries across the globe, with people relying on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region - known as the "breadbasket of the world". As it stands, most of the UK's sunflower oil comes from Ukraine.
Therefore, supermarkets have started applying restrictions to how much oil customers can buy, as well as increasing the price of what supplies they do have. For instance, the price of cooking oils and fats has gone up by seven per cent and is nearly a quarter more expensive than it was a year ago, the Office for National Statistics said earlier this month.
