Food for thought

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Food price inflation could become 'uncontrollable', according to the industry responsible for delivering our chilled and frozen produce. And why breaking the link between wholesale gas and electricity prices could lead to cheaper household energy bills. Also, Felicity Hannah hears from a wedding planner on why the Bridgerton effect is leading to a boom in grand country-house weddings.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.1	Can I just say?
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0:10.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
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0:14.8	Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling.
0:17.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:20.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:21.6	Oh!
0:22.7	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:27.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:31.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:32.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:35.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:39.7	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:47.8	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. It all looked so different last week, didn't it? Oil prices were plunging on news that the Strait of Homoos was back
0:53.2	in business. This morning, the
0:55.3	strait is shut. The US president says an Iranian cargo ship has been seized. Once again,
1:00.5	we will ask, what does it all mean for oil prices? And what does that mean for the industry that
1:05.3	delivers fresh food to our shops? But the economic doom and the gloom isn't stopping some people from splashing
1:12.6	out on the perfect English country house wedding and sometimes making even wilder requests.
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