Overview
- Worldpanel by Numerator estimates the typical dinner for four at £32.46, a few pence below last year’s £32.57.
- Consumer group Which? reports the sharpest annual increases for stuffing, turkey and pigs in blankets.
- Retailers’ heavy discounting is shaping baskets, with about one third of grocery spending now on promotion, according to Worldpanel.
- Savanta polling finds 55% expect to pay more this year, with energy prices the top reason and one in five blaming government policies such as the ‘family farm tax’.
- Long‑term data from interactive investor show steep 20‑year rises for festive staples, including ham up more than 130% and Brussels sprouts up 161%.