Britain’s Insane Rising Cost of Food Isn’t (Just) an Inflation Problem, It’s a Cultural One
<p>Every time I return to the UK from spending time in Europe, I’m shocked by the price of food.</p>
<p><em>I’m shocked at how cheap it is.</em></p>
<p>And every day I hear about how inflation is <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b048ff6e-6080-4de8-bd6d-15e25f4d09ea" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">hitting British supermarket shoppers</a> hard.</p>
<p>This is a difficult article to write but I think an important one. I was on the business end of British foodstuff logistics for nearly 8 years and I can tell you now — when it comes to the cost of food in the G7's <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/31/why-the-uk-economy-is-shrinking-fast" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">quickest-declining economy</a>, there is a <em>hell</em> of a lot of gaslighting going on.</p>
<p>Gaslighting that is keeping Britain’s focus on entirely the wrong things whilst simultaneously destroying its food quality, sustainability, and culture.</p>
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