Hungary: This year, Easter ham will only be on the tables of the few people

Based on the expectations, there will be enough ham in the shops at Easter, the only question is who will be able to pay for it, because in general it will be available at a rather high price. Ham is a traditional Easter food for Hungarian families, but this year due to its price, it will only be on the table of a few people. Due to inflation, the purchase value of salaries has been decreasing more and more for four months now, which should be used to finance the skyrocketing food prices. In Europe, we have the highest general inflation, and within this, food also rose in price the most in Hungary - in the last five months, the measured general food inflation was over 40 percent. The good news is that there will be no shortage of ham on store shelves at Easter, but the price can be quite alarming. The various ham products may cost an average of 35-40 percent more this year than last year, following the rate of general food inflation, the Index wrote in its article. And only 40 ...