Overview
- Oisin Hanrahan projects a 10–20% increase for certain meat items in 2026, citing higher demand for high‑quality protein among people using weight‑loss injections.
- Worldpanel data show fresh‑meat inflation at 14.5% in the four weeks to December 2, highlighting already elevated pricing before any further increases.
- Hanrahan attributes most of the pressure to rising input costs and broader factors such as global insecurity, energy prices, crop disease, weather, tariffs, packaging rules and trade frictions.
- He says a 2–5% rise would be the hopeful scenario and urges shoppers to stay flexible by purchasing discounted items to manage household budgets.
- A synthesis of 37 studies reports many users regain weight within about two years after stopping GLP‑1s, suggesting protein‑focused consumption could persist if treatments continue long term.