A Super El Niño is on its way – and it could add hundreds to your grocery bill, experts have warned.Earlier this week, scientists set the chance of the climate event taking place this summer at 80 per cent, predicting it will bring extreme heat 'nearly everywhere'.Now, experts say it could cause the price of common shopping basket items to soar in Britain.'We import two–fifths of our food from overseas,' Gareth Redmond–King, international lead at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), said.'Extreme conditions that are driven by climate change, turbocharged by El Niño, are a threat to crops we can't grow here.'Things like bananas, rice, tea, coffee and lots of fresh fruit.'Food prices in the UK are already on track to be 50 per cent higher by November than they were five years ago, he added.It comes as campaigners warned the weekly shop will keep getting more unpredictable – and more unaffordable – for millions of households. A Super El Niño is on its way, and is almost certain to arrive this summer. That's according to scientists from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), who warn there's now an 80 per cent likelihood of an El Niño event during June–August 2026, and a 90 per cent chance this will continue until at least November
Super El Niño could add HUNDREDS to your grocery bill, scientists warn
A Super El Niño is on its way - and it could add hundreds to your grocery bill, experts have warned.














