The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers’ (AIMS) Meat Inflation Tracker Report for April 2025 has shown that fresh meat inflation increased 11.53% year on year, and 3.48% for the month.
AIMS found that there were steep rises in price inflation across the lamb and beef categories.
AIMS head of communications Tony Goodger commented: “Our report, which is based on AHDB’s supermarket price tracker, and our own monitoring of the chicken market shows that meat price inflation is being driven by 12 months of steep rises across beef (+20.96%) and lamb (+19.92%) cuts.
“Consumers looking for the very best value should go for British farm assured chicken legs as they haven’t moved at all during the last month and are 5p/kg down (2.03%) year on year.
“That said, British pork cuts such as belly slices, tenderloin and mince have also dropped back slightly year on year.
“However, with the current hot weather and two bank holidays in quick succession I do expect demand for these lines to increase as households look to the barbecue for meal occasions.”
AHDB red meat prices
Looking at supermarket red meat prices from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), it was clear that in the beef category, prices had increased specifically for roasting joints, as well as sirloin, rump and fillet steaks.
In the lamb category, lamb leg prices inflated at the fastest rate, with all cuts seeing a gradual increase across the board. In pork, boneless leg cuts saw the largest increase on the week, with loin steaks close behind.
