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Frozen food industry boosted by shoppers amid rising food inflation

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The British Frozen Food Federation has responded to data from Kantar indicating that UK shoppers are purchasing more frozen food as food inflation soars. The trend is also backed up by research commissioned the Zipzero app which revealed that one-in-four Brits had turned to frozen. Rupert Ashby, chief executive of the British Frozen Food Federation …

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