Record levels of inflation mean the price of food and fuel is continuing to rise and put further pressure on the costofliving. Potato producer WilsonsCountry in Portadown has seen its energy costs rise
Wilson's Country in Portadown has seen its energy costs rising.Managing director, Lewis Cunningham, said: "The biggest challenge at this stage is energy.
"Especially now in this warm weather in the fresh food business we have chills running and that's an extra huge draw on electricity." "It's a very difficult cost to reduce as we need to have the machines on, we need to wash potatoes, pack potatoes and chill potatoes - and even more concerning is what the autumn might bring.
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