Reply to: UK food inflation at 4.1%

[DimPrawn]

pound falling again and wait until WTO rules come in imported food will go up by 20% (and Uk grown food will also go up as therewon't be any Eastern Europeans anymore who will do the the harvesting/butchering)

Maybe you should fook off before you become too thin and weak to leave.

[northernladyuk]

GBP goes up and down.

But with a No-deal it will go down and as it does, these imported products will go up.

I am dubious about this tariff free import business. Is there any policy statement to say it will happen? UK farmers won't like it, and hey have clout with the Tories and DUP.

[SueEllen]

Black caviar is up big time

Oh those Russians....

[SueEllen]

GBP goes up and down. Imagine the prices of food from around the world without the tariffs from the EU. Imagine the extra competition when countries can compete on a level playing field with the EU.

So you are saying green beans from Kenya, avocados from South America and bananas from various countries near the equator are expensive at the moment?

They aren't the supermarkets are ripping us off.

Least after Brexit we get to eat mis-shaped fruit and veg again which the supermarkets refuse to sell to us for no other reason then because they can.

[AtW]

Black caviar is up big time

[woohoo]

So what will that do to food inflation when GBP tanks in a No-deal scenario?

GBP goes up and down. Imagine the prices of food from around the world without the tariffs from the EU. Imagine the extra competition when countries can compete on a level playing field with the EU.

[northernladyuk]

and???

So what will that do to food inflation when GBP tanks in a No-deal scenario?

[woohoo]

Denominated in USD. Ouch.

and???

[northernladyuk]

People still want imported food, things we can't produce in this country in the Winter. Plenty of countries around the world happy to sell us this tariff free once we leave.

Denominated in USD. Ouch.

[woohoo]

^ This is frustrating.

Can't we dig for Victory ?

People still want imported food, things we can't produce in this country in the Winter. Plenty of countries around the world happy to sell us this tariff free once we leave.

[woohoo]

pound falling again and wait until WTO rules come in imported food will go up by 20% (and Uk grown food will also go up as therewon't be any Eastern Europeans anymore who will do the the harvesting/butchering)

Why will imported food go up by 20%? I'm hoping to get a well thought out researched answer

[northernladyuk]

^ This is frustrating.

Can't we dig for Victory ?

Not after all the East Europeans have fecked off. Everyone else is too obese.

[Platypus]

The percentage of basic food grown in the UK compared to the total consumed has been declining steadily for years, and a year or two ago dipped under 40%

^ This is frustrating.

Can't we dig for Victory ?

[OwlHoot]

A few years ago food inflation was around 10%. The poor just seemed to bend over without lube.

The percentage of basic food grown in the UK compared to the total consumed has been declining steadily for years, and a year or two ago dipped under 40%

No doubt the half a million new houses that need building for all the recent immigrants will reduce that percentage even further, and fuel food inflation.

[BrilloPad]

A few years ago food inflation was around 10%. The poor just seemed to bend over without lube.