From April to May, bread becomes almost 10% more expensive, bananas 9% and flour 8%, according to data from Gelt
It is becoming more and more expensive to do groceries. Basic food products are getting more expensive by the day, to the point that 4% of Spanish families can no longer afford them, according to a study by Kantar. And it’s that with the data on the table, from April to May, commodities rose five times more than the CPI, with an average basket increase of 4.5% from 0.8% of the general rate.
The only commodity that has risen below the CPI was eggs, which were up 0.4% from April to May, according to the latest Gelt report, and apples, which remained stable. But the rest of the basket rose alarmingly: plan 9.6%, bananas 8.6%, flour 7.6%, cereals 6.7% and green beans at 6.6% are the products prepared at the top of the table by this consumer app.
The survey with a basic shopping list consisting of 18 products shows that half of them have increased by more than 5% in just one month. In addition, according to their data, the shopping basket has become more expensive by 7% since January, mainly due to the increase in the price of grains (24%), oil (19%), eggs (17%), biscuits (14%) and flour (10%).
“We are going through a very difficult time for the family economy because, in addition to the tensions from the rise in interest rates, which will affect mortgages, and energy costs, there is the escalation of a shopping basket that prices are even above the IPC itself. ”, explains José Luis Varela, Global Head of Data at Gelt.
Source: La Verdad
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