More than half of subsidized foods are already more expensive than when the VAT cut came into force, according to Facua

2023-10-30 16:49:30

He 52% of subsidized foods they are already more expensive that when the VAT reduction came into force, according to the analysis of a thousand products of eight supermarkets carried out by the organization in defense of consumers Facua. According to the Royal Decree Law by which the measure is in force, none of these products can’t go up in price unless cost increases occur. Faced with this result, the association has once again expanded the complaints it has been presenting to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for months. In the statement issued this Monday, Facua regrets that he has not yet received a response to these allegations and asks the authorities to sanction the chains.

The percentage of prices in which FACUA has detected increases has been gradually increasing from 6.7% in January to 52.4% in October.

This October, the largest number of increases has been detected in Hipercor, where 109 of the total of 164 prices analyzed have gone up, 66.4%. He follows him Carrefourwith 88 products more expensive than on December 30 on a sample of 147 prices, 60%.

Alcampo 75 of the 131 prices analyzed (57.2%) have increased, while Aldi it has done so in 31 of the 57 foods collected in this study (54.3%). The association has detected 68 more expensive prices in buy it on a total of 135 foods, 50.3%, while a Lidl 30 items out of the 62 included have become more expensive, 48.3%.

The two chains where a lower percentage of prices with increases have been registered are Mercadonawith 54 products out of a total of 136 included in the analysis (39.7%) and Yeswith 50 increases among the 131 prices recorded (38.1%).

In Mercadona, Dia, Hipercor, Alcampo, Aldi and Eroski, the total number of foods that have become more expensive compared to September has increased. Only in Carrefour and Lidl has the percentage of prices with increases decreased in the last month.

Fruits and vegetables are still at the top

Of the total of 505 prices that have gone up, 30.2% correspond to fruits or vegetables20.3% are olive oils and 14.4% are milk and dairy products.