Sales of sunflower oil have risen by 27% as a decline of bottles in stores has been blamed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As Ukraine makes up 46% of the world’s sunflower oil production , it was initially encouraged by shoppers to stockpile oil in a similar fashion to many who were reported to purchase essentials in bulk pre-pandemic. Therefore, a subsequent decline in sunflower oil has largely contributed to the public awareness of the war in Ukraine, meaning that with low supply and high demand, prices have been skyrocketing.
With further pressure to access frying oil alternatives such as rapeseed or olive oil, supermarket chains such as Morrisons and Waitrose have begun rationing cooking oil , by limiting customers to two bottles of cooking oil per visit.
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Since the announcement on April 15, retailers such as Tesco and Iceland have followed suit, as they also have limited the amount of products customers can purchase in stores.
That is why we compared sunflower oil prices across the UK’s biggest supermarket chains since the shortage- here’s what we discovered to be the most expensive and cheapest in cost.
Most expensive to least:
- Co-op Sunflower Oil - 18.0p per 100ml
- M&S Sunflower Oil - 14p per 100ml
- ASDA Sunflower Oil - 13p per 100ml
- Aldi Solesta Sunflower Oil - 13p per 100ml
- Morrisons Sunflower Oil - 12.2p per 100ml
- Tesco Pure Sunflower Oil - 12 p per 100 ml
- Sainsbury's Sunflower Oil - 12p per 100ml
- Essential Waitrose Sunflower Oil - 11.3p per 100ml
- Lidl Vita D'or Sunflower Oil - 9.3p per 100ml
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