Shops and food distributors say soaring fuel prices will push up food bills.
Philip de Ternant is managing director of Creed Food Service. His 80 lorries make 3,500 food deliveries per week to restaurants, cafes, pubs, care homes and schools across England and Wales
This week, he was shocked at the cost. "We've bought at £1.55, and I've been told by our fuel wholesaler it could be £1.70 next week. " Some firms get diesel for their vehicles delivered in bulk to their premises, but others buy at forecourts. "And that ultimately means that consumers are having to spend more on food on drink at a time when their energy bills are going up, at a time when the cost of living is going up hugely."
Many wholesalers had already been bracing for added costs from April, when they would no longer be allowed to use cheaper red diesel to run their refrigeration units or freezers, he added.Olivia and Karl Bell say higher fuel prices are a massive problem for their coach businessIt's not only distribution and haulage firms who are feeling the impact. Olivia Bell runs Countrywide Coaches in Buckinghamshire with her husband.
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