A new progress report from the Food Foundation has found that almost half of low-income families are buying less vegetables as inflation and rising prices severely impact the UK. The new report from Peas Please has revealed that more than 100 supermarkets have signed up to tackle Britain’s public health and environmental crisis by boosting vegetable consumption.
Peas Please business pledgers have achieved 771 million extra portions of vegetables since it launched five years ago, with 147 million of them in the past 12 months alone – down from 461 million portions in 2021.
The report also shows a widening nutrition gap between rich and poor. Among those earning less than £10,000, the proportion of vegetables being purchased fell in the past year while for those earning over £70,000 it remained the same.
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Source: grocerygazette.co.uk