# Britain’s binge on cheap food is over, biggest chicken producer says
Published: 2021-10-14
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Meta Title: Britain's Chicken King warns of double-digit food price inflation
Meta Description: Get ready for a new era of higher food prices as Britain's biggest chicken producer predicts double-digit inflation due to soaring costs throughout the sup
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 20-year binge on cheap food is coming to an end as food [price](https://blockchaintribune.com/novo-nordisk-faces-us-congressional-grilling-over-price-of-weight-loss-drugs-ft-reports/) inflation could hit double digits due to a wave of soaring costs throughout the supply chain, [Britain’s](https://blockchaintribune.com/south-african-president-ramaphosa-to-make-state-visit-to-uk/) biggest chicken producer said.

“Food is too cheap,” Ranjit Boparan, who is known as the “Chicken King” and owns the 2 Sisters Group, was quoted as saying by The Times newspaper.

“In relative terms, a chicken today is cheaper to buy than it was 20 years ago. How can it be right that a whole chicken costs less than a pint of beer? You’re looking at a different world from now on where the shopper pays more.”

He said higher prices were inevitable because of inflationary pressures throughout the supply chain.

Food prices rose by 0.2% in annual terms in August, according to official consumer price data, breaking a nine-month run of declines.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Sarah Young)


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