Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 4.5% year-on-year in December 2025, accelerating from a 4.2% rise in the previous month, mainly due to higher prices of bread and cereals, meat, and vegetables. source: Office for National Statistics
Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 4.50 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United Kingdom averaged 2.99 percent from 1989 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 19.10 percent in March of 2023 and a record low of -3.30 percent in February of 2015. This page 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. United Kingdom Food Inflation - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on February of 2026.
Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 4.50 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United Kingdom is expected to be 4.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Food Inflation is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.