2023-09-18 10:33:15
Going to the supermarket every week represents a real financial effort for many households in our country, and the price of food continues without finding a ceiling. Therefore, for some time now, most have feared the moment of approaching the checkout and discovering the final bill they must pay for the acquisition of the basic products that make up their shopping basket. So much so, that between August 2021 and the same month of 2023, the price of food has increased by 26%, according to calculations by Datamania.es based on INE figures.
But what have been the foods that have increased in price the most in the last two years? Olive oil tops the list, and its cost has increased by 72.6% between August 2021 and the same month of 2023; and in just one month, its price has risen 9%, according to calculations by Datamania.es. The current average price of white label extra virgin olive oil in our country is 8.72 euros per liter and has even exceeded 12 euros in the case of some brands, as reported by the Consumer Organization and Users (OCU). The main reason for this increase is due to a “significant” reduction in the harvest this season, since it has fallen by around 50%, explains the OCU.
This food is followed by sugar, which has become more expensive by 57.7% in the last two years, butter (+47.6%) and sauces and condiments (+46%). The top-10 foods that have increased the most in price between August 2021 and August 2023 are completed by whole milk (+45.1%), flour and others (+40%), eggs (+37. 5%), canned fruits (+36.1%), potatoes (+36.1%) and rice (+34.6%).
However, on the other side of the coin, the foods that have increased their price the least between August 2021 and the same month of 2023 have been nuts and shell fruits, since their cost has increased by just 7. 6% if we compare it with that of olive oil (+72.6%) or sugar (+57.7%). The price of frozen seafood has increased by 11.4% and that of other edible oils by 13.1%, being the foods that have become the least expensive in the last two years.
Tour packages increase their price by 47.1%
By category, the price of tourist packages has increased by 47.1% between August 2021 and 2023, that of accommodation services by 27.8% and that of food has increased by 26%.
Although the cost of most categories has increased in Spain in the last two years, there are four of them whose price has decreased: transportation services (-14.4%), telephone and fax equipment (-10, 7%), audiovisual, photographic and information processing equipment (-7.9%) and electricity, gas and other fuels (-6%).
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