Overview
- Food pricing expert Oisin Hanrahan of Tesco-backed Keychain says increased focus on nutrient-dense protein among GLP-1 users is lifting demand for beef, lamb, chicken and pork.
- He characterizes a 10–20% rise on certain meat items over the year as possible, while describing 2–5% as the hoped-for range.
- Worldpanel data show fresh meat inflation at 14.5% for the four weeks ending 2 December, indicating prices were already running high.
- Hanrahan points to a combination of pressures such as energy costs, crop diseases, bad weather, reliance on single countries, tariffs and new packaging rules.
- He advises shoppers to stay flexible by buying items on offer rather than sticking to rigid lists as he questions whether current food prices are becoming a new normal.