Malinga ndi zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), nsomba ndi tchipisi, mbale yachikale yaku Britain yomwe imadziwika kuti ndiyotsika mtengo, yakwera mtengo mzaka zisanu zapitazi.
Malingana ndi deta ya July, mtengo wa nsomba ndi tchipisi chakwera pafupifupi 52%, kufika pafupifupi £10 ($13) pa kutumikira, kuchokera avareji ya £6.50 mu July 2019. ON malipoti kuti zakudya zachikhalidwe izi zakwera kwambiri mitengo panthawi yomwe yasankhidwa poyerekeza ndi pizza, kebabs, komanso zakudya zaku India ndi China.
Oimira mafakitale awonetsa kuti kukwera kwamitengo kungabwere chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mphamvu ndi ndalama zogwirira ntchito komanso nyengo yosasangalatsa yomwe imabweretsa kukolola mbatata. Anawonanso kuchepa kwakukulu kwa nsomba zochokera ku Russia - mpaka 2022 pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a nsomba zoyera zomwe zimadyedwa ku Britain zidachokera ku Russia.
Kuonjezera apo, nyengo yoopsa yomwe idachitika chaka chatha yasokoneza zokolola za mbatata, zomwe zidasokoneza mtengo wa nsomba ndi tchipisi. Malinga ndi malipoti aposachedwa kwambiri a Agricultural Price Index (API) ochokera ku dipatimenti ya Zachilengedwe, Chakudya ndi Zakumidzi, mitengo ya mbatata yakwera kwambiri pakati pazaulimi ku UK, ikukwera ndi 4.1% m'miyezi khumi ndi iwiri mpaka Meyi. 2024.
Omwe ali m'gawo lazakudya akuchenjeza kuti zakudya zamtundu wa nsomba ndi tchipisi zikuchulukirachulukira, zomwe zitha kuyika pachiwopsezo ngati chakudya chofunikira kwambiri ku Britain: "Tikukumana ndi zovuta zambiri zamitengo. Chakudya chimenechi n’chotsika mtengo.”
Mkhalidwe wachuma wamakono ndi wovuta kwambiri umene makampaniwa akumana nawo m’zaka makumi atatu zapitazi, malinga ndi oimira makampaniwo: “Ogula amaona nsomba ndi tchipisi ngati chakudya chotchipa, zomwe sizili choncho. Ngakhale anthu ali okonzeka kuwononga ndalama zokwana £15-20 pa pizza, sakufuna kuyika ndalama zomwezo kuti apereke nsomba ndi tchipisi.
