The data from the food consumption report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirm that Spaniards continue to reduce the volume of their shopping basket, which has fallen by up to 9% to 590 kilos/liters per year.
This is the result of the latest update of this report with data from October and, therefore, analyzes the consumption patterns of Spanish households from November 2021 to October 2022 compared to the previous twelve months.
The reduction in spending has been much less this same period, since the bill for the purchase of food and drink for the home has remained at 1.585,49 euros, which means a drop of only 2.8%; In any case, it is a change in trend since in previous months the cost per head has risen due to the rise in prices.
The Ministry’s report places the increase in the purchase price in October at 6.9%, a record lower than that marked this month by the CPI for food which was above 14%.
For the entire country as a whole, spending on food and beverages has been 73,574 million euros in one year, which represents a reduction of 2.5%.
By products, Spanish families have reduced the purchase of all those that make up this analysis, with the exception of two minor categories such as raw milk or PGI wines, that they are the only ones that are saved from these particular red numbers.
The demand for meat it has fallen, for example, 12.4% in one year and the frozen one has been reduced by 19.2%.
in fresh, the chicken and the pig They are the ones that are holding up the decline the best, although declines of 13.8% and 10.0% respectively have been noted.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has underlined the “strong contraction” for the fishing sector, which has fallen by almost 15% and which is accentuated in fresh products (-16.3%).
The dairy sector falls 6.5%since households have reduced the consumption of both fluid milk (-5.8%) and dairy products (-7.4%).
Other basic products such as eggs (-8,9 %) y sugar (-16,7 %), pan (-7.0%) and (-2.2%) at the end of the rolling year in October 2022.
As a paradigmatic case, that of oilwith a fall of 8.5% in demand and an increase in the average price of 36.4%, which has boosted the growth of olive oil sales by 24.7%.
fresh products also lose presence in Spanish households, with a contraction in the volume of fresh vegetables and potatoes (-13.9%), as well as fresh fruit (-12,2 %).
As for the drinks, none improves the figures of 12 months ago; wines and derivatives (-13.8%), soft drinks and soft drinks (-6.3%), as well as bottled drinking water (-2.8%) have fallen.