Oh joy - cheaper beans, garlic, gherkins, marmalade and sweets

Out of those things, I eat only beans and garlic. I quite like gherkins, but I haven’t bought them for years.

I wonder if the government has done a survey to ensure nearly every person buys or consumes at least one of those items? Then they can say they have reduced the cost of food for every person in the UK. I know I sound cynical, and a reduction in cost is better than an increase,  but I can’t help wondering at the strange assortment on the list.

I believe it is items that are imported so they don't affect British farmers etc and already had high tax so the reduction is actually making them a more reasonable amount of tax rather than low tax. This is what I found when I googled it anyway.

I believe it is items that are imported so they don't affect British farmers etc and already had high tax so the reduction is actually making them a more reasonable amount of tax rather than low tax. This is what I found when I googled it anyway.

Seems quite a lot of thought went into it. But I do think it is a typical government move that they have tried to make sound better than it actually is.

Only a small fraction apparently. Most of it comes from Spain and China.

I thought most of our garlic came from the Isle of Wight?

Apart from chocolate I don't eat sweets, I can't stand marmalade and gherkins although I do like them aren't an everyday food.

That’s interesting, so some thought has been put into the choice of items,