2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets reported that in October the wholesale prices of basic foodstuffs were 5.5 percent lower than last year.
In the last 2 months there has been a decline in the price of sunflower oil. In October the product fell by 2.3% on average for the country. In the smaller retail outlets the decrease reached 3.2%.
No major change was registered in egg prices.
The wholesale price for an egg of size M is 19 stotinki per piece. There is also no change in retail prices - BGN 0.24 per item for size M and BGN 0.26 per item for size L.
Dairy products are experiencing a serious and steady rise in prices. In one year the price of cow's butter has jumped by 3%, of yellow cheese - by 5%, and of cow's cheese by as much as 13%.
Chicken meat has also risen slightly at wholesale prices.
The price of frozen chicken jumped by 0.5% and of chilled chicken - by 0.6%.
In contrast to wholesale prices, retail prices of chicken meat in large retail chains decreased - by 1.4% for frozen chicken and 1.8% for chilled chicken.
In October, there was an increase in the price of beans, the price of which reached BGN 4.11 per kilogram.
At the end of October, wholesale sugar fell by 1.7% and retail by 0.5%.
There is a slight downward trend in the prices of flour type 500. At the end of October the wholesale price decreased by 1.8%, and in large retail chains the price fell by up to 1.6%. In small shops the price of flour has not changed.
Wholesale prices for lamb and lamb cuts fell by between 0.8% and 2.8% compared to a year ago.
In large retail chains, the price of whole lamb and lamb shoulder fell by 1.7%, while the leg of lamb remained unchanged.
In October there was a decline in apple prices by 4.7%.
The price of grapes and cabbage also decreased - by 19% for cabbage and 17.6% for grapes, compared to the previous year.
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