UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate in over 45 years

Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by zarzavat on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:56PM (#35295366)

Cheaper food is cheaper for a reason. The human body doesn’t just require calories. You need other nutrients too: protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. Usual advice is to eat a balanced diet, but that is expensive. Even eggs are expensive.

If everybody starts eating even more trash than usual then that will cost the government more in healthcare costs.

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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by __turbobrew__ on Friday March 24, 2023 @06:11PM (#35296355)

You can eat a balanced diet just off of canned food and rice. The fact that people expect to be able to eat fresh bell peppers in the middle of winter is the issue.

Eating seasonal and preserved foods is how we survived before the age of refrigeration and global logistics chains and maybe we should reconsider what is normal.

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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by illiarian on Friday March 24, 2023 @06:14PM (#35296408)

> Eating seasonal and preserved foods is how we survived before the age of refrigeration and global logistics chains and maybe we should reconsider what is normal.

That we survived doesn't mean we had a balanced diet.

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