This statistic shows the percentage change in price of key commodities for the food industry for the weeks following the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. Coffee Robusta experienced the sharpest increases in price at **** percent, followed by chicken at **** percent.

This chart shows results from an online survey conducted in Great Britain in October 2016 on whether Brexit supporters would still be in favor of Brexit if that means the price of a weekly grocery shop goes up by ** percent. The overwhelming majority would still support Brexit under these circumstances.

This chart shows results from an online survey conducted in Great Britain in 2016 on how grocery prices in Britain will develop once Britain leaves the EU, by Brexit vote. ** percent of respondents who voted 'Remain' stated that they believed food prices will increase outside the EU and even ** percent of Brexiteers thought so. However, the majority of those who voted 'Leave' predicted that grocery expenses will stay much the same.

This statistic displays the public opinion in the United Kingdom (UK) on food and grocery prices once the country leaves the European Union (EU) as of October 2016, by age group. ** percent of respondents aged 18 to 24 stated that the price of food and groceries would go up.

This statistic shows respondents perception regarding the future costs of food over the next two years, following the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to leave the European Union (EU). ** percent of respondents ages 18-24 think that such costs are fairly uncertain.

In July 2025, the inflation rate for food prices in the United Kingdom was measured at 4.9 percent. A period of continuous deflation between March 2015 and January 2017 preceded a return to a sustained rise in the cost of food from February 2017 onwards. While food prices were deflating between September 2020 and July 2021, they started increasing rapidly from August 2021 to March 2023. The inflation rate started to decline from April 2023, but is picking up again in 2025.Inflation rate and consumer price indexInflation is commonly measured via the consumer price index, which illustrates changes to prices paid by consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. An annualized percentage change in the price index constitutes a measure of inflation. In order to maintain an inflation rate at a stable level, to enable the general public and businesses to plan their spending, the Government set a two percent inflation target for the Bank of England. The discounter boom The increase in food prices in the United Kingdom has shifted shopping behaviors amongst consumers. Value is now key and shoppers are changing their retailer loyalties. Aldi, the German discount supermarket retailer, overtook Morrisons as Great Britain's fourth largest supermarket in September of 2022. Aldi's market share reached double digits for the first time in April 2023. It is yet to be seen if Lidl, Aldi's discounter competitor, can also continue to rise up in the ranks and eventually take over Morrisons as the fifth leading food retailer.

In July 2025, 95 percent of households in Great Britain that reported a cost of living increase in the previous month advised that that their food bills had increased, with 57 percent reporting increased gas or electricity bills.

This statistic shows the factors that Britons most worry about since the result of the EU referendum. The data shows that ** percent of respondents aged 45-54 years were concerned about the effect that a "Brexit" might have on the price of food, this was followed by the cost of household bills at ** percent. Over a quarter of the sample group weren't concerned about such aspects.

This statistic shows the average import tariff rate and the maximum rate of the European Union Common Customs Tariff (CCT) 'applied' rates in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by product category. Without a free-trade deal following Brexit, dairy products would experience the highest average import tariff rates of 42.1 percent, with a potential maximum rate of 122 percent.

The leading food or drink product exported from the UK in 2023 was whiskey by far. The export value of whiskey reached *** billion British pounds that year. In comparison, milk, cream, and chocolate, the second and third most exported products, only reached about *** and *** million British pounds in export value, respectively. Scottish whisky Whisky has been distilled in Scotland for many years and is the origin of all Scotch whisky, so it is no surprise that whisky is a top export from the UK. The Scottish whisky brand, Johnnie Walker, sold **** million 9-liter cases of whisky in 2021. It is the ***** most sold whisky worldwide and it is among the top ten most popular spirit brands worldwide as well. UK trade within Europe Despite the impact of Brexit, the UK and the rest of Europe remain important trade partners to one another. After a sharp drop in exports in January 2021, exports of goods from the UK have begun to recover and even exceeded pre-Brexit levels. ************************************ are the leading destinations for food and drink exports from the UK as of 2021. Exports to Ireland reached ***** billion British pounds.

The market share of the leading supermarkets in Great Britain (GB) has begun to shift from the traditional market leaders to discounters in recent years. However, Tesco and Sainsbury's have continually had the largest share over the period under consideration, holding **** percent of the market together as of July 2025. Prior to the popularity of the discounters, the grocery retail market was dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, and Morrisons. On the back of the post-Brexit uncertainty and growing inflation, consumer behavior has shifted in favor of cheaper alternatives such as Aldi and Lidl. In September 2022, Aldi took over fourth place in the grocery store ranking from Morrisons for the first time. In April 2023, Aldi's market share reached double digits for the first time. In July 2025, this figure stood at **** percent.

At *** restaurants, Pizza Express had the highest number of outlets among leading casual dining brands in the United Kingdom (UK) as of December 2017. Nando’s followed with close to *** restaurants and Pizza Hut with *** restaurants. The ranking excluded pub and quick service restaurants, but included brands defined as ‘fast casual’ concepts.

Defining casual dining

Casual dining is a term used for food outlets that can be loosely defined as a moderately priced sit-down restaurant in a casual environment. In contrast to fine dining, they are less expensive and formal, but unlike fast food restaurants they offer more service and usually better-quality food. That said, new concepts and trends have branched out of the sector that include ‘fast casual’ and ‘fine casual’ concepts. In the UK the casual dining market is dominated by restaurant brands. Pizza and Italian style restaurants are among the most dominant, although burger/American style and Asian cuisines are also popular.

The casual dining crunch

Although Britain experienced a boom in casual dining chains in the *****, by 2018 the market had become saturated, leading to what many in the industry refer to as the ‘casual dining crunch’. Rising business rates, food costs and rents were blamed for brands struggling with restaurant closures, including Byron, Jamie’s Italian, Prezzo and Strada. The future of the sector will partly depend on changes UK business rates, the potential impact of Brexit and future investment in the sector.

Real household disposable income per person in the United Kingdom is expected to grow by 2.6 percent in 2024/25, with disposable income growth slowing from that point onwards. In 2022/23, disposable income fell by two percent, after falling by 0.1 percent in 2021/22, and 0.3 percent in 2020/21.

In 2022/23 the median annual household disposable income in the United Kingdom amounted to approximately ****** British pounds. Between 1994/95 and 2007/08 the average household disposable income showed year-on-year increases, but after this point, income levels began to stagnate and even decline in some years. Although average household disposable resumed a steady growth pattern between 2012/13 and 2016/17, it has fluctuated in more recent years, and declined in the most recent two years. Economic shocks and disposable income The steady growth of disposable income from 1994 to 2008 reflected the generally healthy UK economy in that period. After the global financial crisis, however, the UK economy was plunged into a deep recession that is mirrored by a decline in disposable income. Although there was a period of recovery between 2013 and 2016, the UK economy has suffered a series of economic shocks since that point. The Brexit Referendum of 2016, and the subsequent economic and political fallout, was followed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and in more recent years by the Inflation Crisis and Ukraine War. Living costs putting UK households under pressure Between January and April 2022, the share of people reporting an increase in their living costs compared with the previous month rose from ** percent to ** percent. This corresponded with significant price increases at that time, with CPI inflation surging from *** percent in February 2021 to a **-year-high of **** percent by October 2022. Although inflation did gradually start to decline in the following months, it wasn't until July 2023 that wages caught up with inflation. The surge in energy and food prices that caused this high inflation, was devastating for UK households, leading to the worst Cost of Living Crisis for decades.