Customers will be lining up outside chippies on Good Friday, but the price of fish may come as a shock.
The price of white fish, including Good Friday staples like cod and haddock, has risen to record levels, while the war in Ukraine is having an impact on cooking oil prices, energy prices have rocketed and the rate of VAT has increased. All this means the once cheap and cheerful traditional meal is climbing towards, and in some cases past, the £10 mark.
Andrew Crook, president of the National Federation of Fish Friers, told Good Morning Britain: "We're currently seeing the highest fish price we've ever seen, and that's post-pandemic inflation. A lot of oil comes from Ukraine, it's not really started to affect us yet, but people are buying the oil, so that's forcing the price up. My oil's gone up 25% last week, another 10% this week. And, of course, we've returned to 20% VAT, which is probably the straw that will break the camel's back."
