inflation

FG investigates: As prices continue to rise at supermarkets, driving inflation higher, Cedric Porter investigates the gap between the retail price rises and the farmgate

The latest inflation figures may have been unexpected for economists and politicians but they came as ’no surprise’ to food producers.

A disconnect between what UK buyers are willing to pay compared to world markets could see a cheese shortage on supermarket shelves this winter, David Evans, Millbrook Dairy Company co-founder, has warned.