Potato 'Famine' 2

Potatoes have generally been the UK's low-cost staple. Potato prices have, however, more than doubled. This has made supermarket oven chips and baking potatoes almost luxury items for some. The National Federation of Fish Friers now predict that many fish 'n chip shops will go out of business. Fish, without the chips, doesn't quite do it (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/27/shops-will-close-soaring-cost-of-potatoes-batters-british-chippies). Politicians have hailed the news that the UK's rate of inflation is showing a marginal decline. This isn't much consolation, however, when folk can't afford food basics. A lowering of the inflation rate, only means that prices go up slightly less quickly. They rarely return to their original rate. The UK's 'cost of living crisis' is still rampant!