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calculate that food rose 8% in a month

calculate that food rose 8% in a month

He food price Between the last week of April and the first three weeks of May, it maintained its growing rhythm and accumulated a 8% hikeaccording to a private study.

The work of the LCG consulting firm revealed that in this period the average increase was 8.6%, which is attenuated 0.6 points in the “end to end” comparison.

In the study for the third week of May, food rose 1.28%, slowing 2.3 points from the previous period.

For the sample design, This rise in food is still capturing the spike that occurred when the blue dollar touched $500 at the end of April.

For this reason, there is a substantive difference with the INDEC because the official sample has already incorporated these increases and will not compute them again in its next report.

For LCG, so far in May, food accumulates an increase of 6.1%, when there is still more than a third of the month.

Taking into account from the last week of April to the third week of May, the item that increased the most was “ready-to-go meals” which varied by 12.9%.

In this case, it should be noted that in addition to the raw material, the adjustment had an impact on public services.

Dairy and eggs is the second segment with the highest increase (10%), followed by meat (9.8%), vegetables (8.9%), condiments (7.5%), beverages (6.6%), baked goods (6.1%) and sugar 5.4%.

“The increases were concentrated in a smaller number of products, but they were more relevant than the previous week,” said LCG.

This survey was carried out on the prices of 8,000 foods and beverages offered in five supermarkets with cutoffs on Wednesdays.

Source: Ambito

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