It was another tough year for food and grocery.

Donald Trump levelled a series of tariffs that spooked producers and put trading relationships under strain, while this side of the pond, the Labour government began to hit its stride with its second budget and a series of pay rises and budgetary burdens.

Inflation remained relentless. Supply chain issues hit cocoa so badly that many bars and biscuits can no longer claim to be chocolate, while those same pressures forced the cost of a bag of Maltesers above that of sirloin steak per kilo.