A primary school has begun charging its pupils and extra £20 a year for lunch, blaming Brexit for inflated food prices.
Avanti Court Primary School, in London, claimed that ‘post-Brexit’ food costs were being passed on to the consumer.
Parents were told their pockets would be hit because of the ‘depressed currency exchange rate’, and they would have to pay more for their children school lunches.
The Avanti Court Primary School has added £20 to the cost of its school meals, blaming Brexit for the rise in prices
The startling claims come after a public row between Marmite suppliers Unilever and Tesco over product pricing.
The London primary school sent a letter to parents explaining that they would have to fork out an extra £20 due to Britain leaving the EU.
‘Marmite-gate’ was sparked by a row over Brexit between Unilever and Tesco
Magazine Schools Week received a copy of the correspondence, which states that: ‘Commercial food and sundry product price inflation has already started to rise post “Brexit”.’
The cost of a children’s lunches would therefore be rising, as suppliers begin to charge more due to ‘currency fluctuation’.
It is understood that the potentially contentious mention of Brexit in the letter from the school to parents may have been unintended.
A spokesman from the school said: ‘Our catering providers have had to review this now and have also recently seen some ingredient prices rise from their wholesale suppliers, some by as much as 10-20%.
‘We will be making a small increase to our prices to ensure continuing quality of service.’
