Like many other everyday foods, the price of olive oil has shot up in the past two years during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
These “eye-watering price increases” mean that the “average bottle has gone up by 89%”, said The Observer. In 2022, a two-litre bottle of own-brand olive oil from a supermarket cost about £7, but “step into your local branch today” and it “will set you back more than £16”.
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