Spain: Prices of food and beverages rose 0.3% in April

The general Consumer Price Index (CPI), released this Friday, grew 2.2% annually and 1.2% monthly. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco registered a 0.1% drop in prices compared to April 2020 and remained unchanged compared to March. In the first four months of the year, the rise in prices was 1.3% for food and non-alcoholic beverages; and 0.6% for alcoholic beverages and tobacco. Food and non-alcoholic beverages were one of the groups with the greatest negative influence on the general CPI, with more than one point below the annual variation in March, due to the decrease in fruit prices, which rose in April last year. With less influence, the prices of legumes and vegetables and fish and shellfish rebounded more in 2020 than this month, according to the INE. The largest annual increases in food and beverage prices corresponded to sheep meat (+ 6.4%); mineral water, soft drinks and juices (6.1%); and oils and fats (+ 4.3%); while the biggest cuts were those of fresh and frozen fish ...