2024-03-15 17:08:49
Consumers hear about measures and reductions but in reality they are seeing food prices make a real assault on their wallets.
In “Lernaia Hydra” the battle with precision is evolving as the measures may have worked and the prices may have fallen for some products, but they have increased for others which are also basic necessities.
The battle with precision is a daily occurrence at supermarket checkouts and consumers who hear about measures and reductions are seeing food prices make a real assault on their wallets.
According to ELSTAT, the champion in the price rally is olive oil, the price of which has increased in the last year by 63%.
ELSTAT recorded February inflation at 2.9%, with food inflation, however, persisting high at 6.7%. The price of olive oil rose by a shocking 63% within a year, followed by the water and soft drink categories with an increase of 13%. Fruits with price increases of 12.3%, fish increased by 9.7%, vegetables are more expensive by 6.5% and meat by 4.8%.
ELSTAT’s figures come after those of the Consumer Goods Retail Research Institute, which in a survey carried out on the country’s major chains last January, found that: the overall rate of price increase in supermarkets at 3%, with the corresponding index of food at 3.39%.
Larger increases are recorded in the following categories:
-Food and pet supplies: 12.08%
-Waters and soft drinks: 10.48%
-Fresh fruits and vegetables: 9.59%
-Ready meals: 8.20%
-Infant and baby food: 6.98%
According to the newspaper “TA NEA”, the members of the Union of Consumer Workers of Greece who carried out their own research, before and after the implementation of the measures of the Ministry of Development, which focus mainly on cleaning and personal hygiene items, notice that the phenomenon of reduction has intensified content in packaging, especially in laundry detergents.
The “TA NEA” newspaper, in pricing for products that are part of the so-called Skreka measures and have been put on offer, finds that:
Shower gel in a 650 ml package that on February 24th was included in a 1 plus 1 offer and cost 2 euros and 45 minutes, on March 6 in a corresponding offer it cost 2 euros and 48 minutes. It actually increased by 1%. 800g baby milk on 1 plus one offer, had the same price on 24th February and 6th March. While, baby diapers in a package of 44 pieces, reduced just 10 minutes.
Source newpost.gr