Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 2.20 percent in May of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United Kingdom averaged 2.99 percent from 1989 until 2026, 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. source: Office for National Statistics
Food Inflation in the United Kingdom is expected to be 4.40 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 3.70 percent in 2027 and 2.70 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.