![]() More than half (51%) of adults in Great Britain reported buying less when food shopping in the last two weeks. The stark price rise in so many staple food items is causing people to buy less. Overall inflation is causing consumers to buy less food – with those living in deprived areas more likely to be hardest hit To see how inflation is impacting your cost of living, you can use our personal inflation calculator. Rising food prices may even have a knock-on effect on health, with nearly one-quarter (23%) of survey participants saying they skipped or reduced the size of a meal because they could not afford to buy food, according to the FSA. With Christmas just days away, over four in five adults (81%) reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that they were concerned about the cost of food during Christmas and New Year – up from 62% in the same period last year. ![]() The most vulnerable appear to be the hardest hit, with 61% of those in the most deprived areas buying less food compared with last year, as opposed to 44% in the least deprived areas, according to our Public opinions and social trends data. The price of the lowest-cost household essentials like pasta, tea and bread have all gone up significantly in the past year, as highlighted in our experimental analysis article. ![]() Overall inflation including housing costs (CPIH) fell from October to November 2022, but the cost of food and non-alcoholic drinks has continued to rise. ![]()
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