{"id":61834,"date":"2025-08-27T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/rising-chocolate-and-egg-prices-drive-up-rates\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:49:37","slug":"rising-chocolate-and-egg-prices-drive-up-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/rising-chocolate-and-egg-prices-drive-up-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising chocolate and egg prices drive up rates"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The rising cost of chocolate, butter and eggs has helped drive food price inflation to its highest in 18 months, a survey says.<\/p>\n

Food inflation hit 4.2% in the year to August, up from 4% in July, according to the British Retail Consortium’s latest shop price monitor. It said food prices were rising at the fastest rate since February of last year.<\/p>\n

The figure echoes separate recent data from the Office for National Statistics, which found the cost of everyday food items rising by a similar amount over the last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Helen Dickinson, the BRC’s chief executive, said there was some respite for parents as the new academic year approaches, with cheaper clothing, books and stationery. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Dickinson said staples including butter and eggs had seen “significant increases” due to high demand, tightening supply and increased labour costs. <\/p>\n

“Chocolate also got more expensive as global prices of cocoa remain high owing to poor harvests,” she said. <\/p>\n

Poor cocoa harvests have been caused by climate change and crop disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There was some respite for parents ahead of the new academic year, with lower prices for clothing, books, stationery, and computing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mike Watkins, head of retailer and business insight at NIQ, which compiles the BRC’s shop price monitor, said the uptick reflected “several factors”.<\/p>\n

These included global supply costs, seasonal food inflation driven by weather conditions and a rise in underlying operational costs. <\/p>\n

“As shoppers return from their summer holidays, many may need to reassess household budgets in response to rising household bills,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘We’ve had to take some products off our menu’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Kate Rumsey, owner of Rumsey’s Chocolaterie in Thame, Oxfordshire, said chocolate inflation had been “consistently high” for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

Her business bought chocolate at around \u00a34,000 a tonne in 2023 but prices have since trebled to about \u00a313,000 a tonne. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The shop has also been hit by higher staff costs, as well as ingredients, such as eggs and butter, becoming more expensive.<\/p>\n

Ms Rumsey said the business absorbed most of the higher costs, but added she had to pass some costs onto customers, with prices up 10 to 20% depending on the product.<\/p>\n

In some cases, she said the business had removed some products off its menu due to them becoming too expensive to produce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Increasing food prices added to increase in overall inflation in the year to July<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The latest official figures from the ONS put UK inflation – as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) – at 3.8%, up from 3.6% in June.<\/p>\n

Looking over the longer term, the picture is even more stark.<\/p>\n

In the five years to July, food prices increased by around 37%. That compares with a rise of 4.4% over the previous five-year period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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