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Supermarkets Urged to Limit Food Prices by Government
The Treasury may ease packaging and healthy-food rules if supermarkets voluntarily cap prices on eggs, bread and milk, the BBC understands.
- The Treasury is urging Supermarkets to voluntarily cap prices on essential groceries such as eggs, bread, and milk in exchange for regulatory relief, including easing packaging policies.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing cost-of-living measures following data showing food inflation rose to 3.7% in April, while overall inflation stood at 3.3% in March.
- Helen Dickinson, BRC chief executive, dismissed the policy as "1970s style price controls," while one retailer called the idea "crazy" and the act of a "desperate" government.
- Higher energy and commodity costs from the Middle East conflict, particularly Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, are driving inflation, though British grocery prices remain most affordable in Western Europe.
- Proposals follow the Scottish National Party pledging similar price caps in Scotland last month, while some industry groups warn food price rises could hit nearly 10% by year-end.
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