How much?! See how the cost of a barbecue has gone up in the UK
by Anna Leach, Pamela Duncan and Rich Cousins from on (#6CSAD)
Sausages up 31%, burgers up 64% ... add your favourite foods to our visual tool to see how inflation has pushed up the price in the past five years
One of the biggest drivers behind the cost of the British barbecue is meat. In the past five years, the price of four frozen beef burgers has jumped 64.4%, from 2.02 to 3.32, much of that in the past year alone, when the price has increased by 80p. Sausages have also soared, with the price of 1kg rising by more than 1.50 since 2018, up 30.8% compared with May 2018.
Data from the Office for National Statistics gives a real-world insight into just how much more we are all paying for 450 everyday items and services, by tracking the average prices over five years.
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