Your burger costs more this summer, but farmers say they're not cashing in
The prices of beef, bread buns and bagged salad have risen sharply over the past year, figures show.
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"There's a lot of uncertainty."
— Heather Oldfield , Other
"I know I'm not going to be a millionaire running a bakery."
— Phil Clayton , Other
"My responsibility is to make sure all of this lot get paid."
— Phil Clayton , Other
"If we stayed at the same price we would be losing money and then we couldn't run the business."
— Robert Archer , Other
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The prices of beef, bread buns and bagged salad have risen sharply over the past year, figures show.
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