Rising food inflation may have severely crimped household budgets in the past few quarters, but the inflation bogey still lurks. Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director of food and beverage major Nestlé India, expects further rise in food prices next year. Surging prices of agri-commodities, oils and packaging materials, coupled with greater economic activities across key economies, are expected to inflate food prices further.
“2022 clearly seems to be a difficult year. While there is an uptick in milk prices, opening up of the economy will lead to higher economic activities and surge in demand - leading to escalation (in