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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

UK shoppers stockpile cooking oil and other essentials as prices soar

Cooking oil bottles in a basket in a Tesco store
Some UK supermarkets have placed limits on how much cooking oil customers can buy due to supply-chain problems caused by the Ukraine war. Photograph: Steve PArsons/PA

UK shoppers have begun to stockpile some essentials such as cooking oil as grocery price inflation hits it highest level in more than a decade in April.

Supermarket shoppers were preparing for limited availability of some goods along with higher prices, as the war in Ukraine increased public awareness of supply pressures and prices rose, according to the latest survey by the market analyst Kantar.

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