Fruit and vegetable costs in the UK are forecast to jump by as much as 12 percent as the staffing bills for the industry rise.
The British Growers Association (BGA) said that new minimum wage rates and other employer costs would make it between 10 percent and 12 percent more expensive to produce vegetables in the UK – raising the risk that prices will ultimately go up at the tills.
“There’s no doubt there’s a lot of inflation building in the system.”
The British Retail Consortium has suggested that food price inflation could hit 4.2 percent towards the end of the year.
