Life & style Food & drink Global development badge High food prices are here to stay – and here's why

https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/17/food-prices-rise-com...

"A convincing case can be made that these food price increases exceed those justified by cost increases," he says. A spokesman for the British Retail Consortium, which represents all supermarkets, says the situation is "the absolute opposite" and that the full cost of commodity price inflation is not being passed on to consumers because "retailers are engaged in a fierce battle between themselves to keep prices down".