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The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has warned of a surge in prices of basic food products, attributed to rising electricity costs. In the past six months, 23 basic food items across various categories such as meat, fruits, vegetables, beverages, dairy products, packaged food, drugstore and hygiene products, have experienced price hikes in 14 national chains. The most significant price increases were seen in margarine, pasta, dairy, certain meats, and eggs, with price hikes ranging from 8.3% to 21.2% over the past six months. In contrast, shaving foam, golden apples, and carrots have seen price decreases. OCU attributes these price increases to the significant rise in the costs of electricity and fuel, which are key components in the production, conservation, transport, and distribution of these food products.
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The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) warns again of the price rises of basic food products due to the increase in the price of electricity. According to the organization, following this trend can be generalized to the rest of the shopping basket. Thus, in the last six months there has been an increase in prices in 23 basic food products of all categories: meat, fruits, vegetables, beverages, dairy products, packaged food, drugstore and hygiene in 14 chains nationwide. The study indicates that most of the selected products have increased their price. Specifically, 13 of these categories have increased their prices compared to 10 that have decreased. In addition, the amount of the increases is much greater than that of the decreases, so that as a whole the result is that today the shopping basket is more expensive than it was six months ago. Margarine, pasta, dairy, some meats (chicken and veal) and eggs are the products that have increased their price the most, with ...
Source: Financialfood
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