every delivery that comes into our warehouse is affected in some way, it s either late, doesn t turn up, or when it does turn up, its short, and that s due to the chronic shortage of lorry drivers. everything this firm sells is packaged in cardboard, where it says prices are up by a0%, or plastic, where prices have jumped by 70%. with much higher shipping and fuel costs, they re expecting all firms like theirs to have to raise prices next year, if they haven t done already. with shortages of goods and lorry drivers and sky high shipping costs, wholesalers like this are at full stretch just trying to get the goods in the back door to meet demand from their existing customers. they re turning new customers away. so far, they ve been able to protect their customers from higher prices, but in the coming months they re going to be forced to raise them. at restaurants like this independent pub near windsor, prices were higher compared to august 2020 when the government s eat out to help 0ut
and recreation all pushed up the cost of living. our economics correspondent andy verity has been taking a look at the figures. a pallet of cooking oil at a record price, just one of the many basic supplies that have shot up as the global economies reopened post pandemic, triggering the quickest price inflation for nine years. food wholesalers, like this one in uxbridge that supplies upmarket hotels and restaurants, are working as hard as they can, but still can t meet demand. the current priority issue for us is shortages. every delivery that comes into our warehouse is affected in some way. it is either late, doesn t turn up, or when it does turn up, it is short, and that is due to the chronic shortage of lorry drivers. everything this firm sells is packaged in cardboard, where it says prices are up by 40%, or plastic, where prices havejumped by 70%. with much higher shipping and fuel costs, they are expecting all firms like theirs to have to raise prices next year, if they haven t d