• NIQ’s August Foodservice Price Index showed hospitality food and drink prices rose 0.2% month-on-month in July.
• Global commodity rebounds kept inflation embedded, with sugar markets tightening on adverse weather and lower Brazil output.
• Meat and poultry returned to inflation as demand stayed firm, supplies tightened for pork and lamb, feed costs remained elevated.
• Dairy inflation picked up as hot, dry European weather reduced raw milk availability, lifting cheese and milk powder prices.
• Vegetables prices fell on stronger domestic supply, while hot, dry conditions raised risks to future UK and European yields.

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