In March 2025, the inflation rate for food prices in the United Kingdom was measured at three 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. 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 behaviours 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.

The United Kingdom: Food price index, world average = 100: The latest value from 2021 is 109.1 index points, an increase from 106.357 index points in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 105.854 index points, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021 is 107.729 index points. The minimum value, 106.357 index points, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 109.1 index points was recorded in 2021.

Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 4.50 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

During a survey of consumers in the UK (excluding Scotland) ********** of respondents stated that they were concerned about food prices. The survey was carried out between ************ and ************. Prior survey waves had found much lower levels of concern on this topic in 2020 and 2021.

The online price changes for a selection of food and drink products from several large UK retailers. These data are experimental estimates developed to deliver timely indicators to help better understand real time economic activity and social change in the UK.

The price per unit in the 'Pet Food' segment of the food market in the United Kingdom was forecast to continuously increase between 2025 and 2030 by in total *** U.S. dollars (+***** percent). After the tenth consecutive increasing year, the price per unit is estimated to reach **** U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2030. Notably, the price per unit of the 'Pet Food' segment of the food market was continuously increasing over the past years.Find more information concerning Worldwide and Mexico.The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

This statistic shows food prices in France, Germany and Ireland compared to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by food and beverage type. Almost all food prices in each of the three European countries were comparatively higher than in the UK. Germany had the biggest difference with the price of alcoholic beverages costing 56.6 percent less on average.

This dataset provides values for FOOD INFLATION reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index: Food for United Kingdom (GBRCPIFODAINMEI) from 1960 to 2017 about United Kingdom, food, CPI, price index, indexes, and price.

In October 2024, the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom (UK) reached 136.5, slightly up from the previous month. Consumer price indices are designed to measure changes in the price of everything consumers buy. More information on CPI can be found here.

Measures of monthly UK inflation data including CPIH, CPI and RPI. These tables complement the consumer price inflation time series dataset.

We use a nationally representative sample of 900 individuals in the UK to study food inflation perception. We have two parts: a first part, where consumers have to indicate the inflation of 38 different food categories, plus 3 aggregate food categories (all food, all grocery, all food eaten out-of-home), which we match the real inflation in the same period requested to participants; and a second part, with an experimental task that asks consumers to indicate the perceived size of the annual price change of 18 products, having only information on price, or with information on price + absolute annual price change, or price + annual percentage change (as before, actual data is available, and is in the codes).

The inflation rate for food and drink in the United Kingdom was ****percent in the second quarter of 2025, which was above the overall inflation rate for that quarter.

Characteristics of sampled households in the Living Costs and Food Survey.

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 105.854 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 208.84 index points and the lowest value was in India: 58.17 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

When surveyed in October 2024, some ** percent of respondents in the United Kingdom stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure initially increased from the start of the survey period in September 2021 and peaked at ** percent in June and October 2022.