A few days before families celebrate

a Christmas marked by the Coronavirus crisis,

with limitations in the number of people who can attend the meetings, the Organization of Consumers and Users

(OCU) publishes the Christmas food price observatory.

For the first time, in the years that OCU has been carrying out this study,

the prices in the second control were, on average, lower than in the same price collection of the previous year, specifically -4.1%

.

Clams (+ 19%), sea bream (+ 17%) and cut hake (+ 13%) are the foods that have increased their prices the most this Christmas

, while

poularde (-29%), Eels (-7%) and round veal (-5%) are the ones with the lowest price drop

.

To carry out this study, the OCU selects 15 very typical products of the Christmas season, and others that could be good substitutes, and makes three measurements of the prices.

The first takeover took place on

November 26 and the second was between December 9 and 10

, the last data collection will be carried out on the eve of the holidays.

The OCU's price observatory collects prices in supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores and municipal markets in 6 Spanish cities: Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Madrid, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza.

Of the total of 15 products that the OCU monitors, six have increased the price a few days before Christmas:

clams (+ 19%), sea bream (+ 17%), cut hake (+ 13%), Galician barnacles (+ 7%), oysters (+ 4%) and turkey (+ 2%),

three products have maintained their price, and another six have fallen:

sea ​​bass (-1%), pineapple (-2%), prawns (-3%), veal round (-5%), elvers (-7%), and poularde (-29%).

If we look at the comparison of prices from 2015 to today, the

products in the OCU basket this year are 27.7% more expensive than six years ago.

Below is the evolution of the prices that the analyzed products have followed.

The elvers, at 846.25 euros per kilo, have the highest price in the last three years.

Dani, the cheapest supermarket chain in Spain

OCU published a report at the end of October locating the chains with the best price.

To carry out the study, the organization developed a basket made up of

229 food and drugstore products

, including fresh food, packaged food products, and commonly used drugstore, both top-brand and basic.

The comparison only includes establishments where it is possible to buy a significant number of products from the OCU Basket, which left out some well-known chains, such as discount Aldi or Lidl.

In total, more than 140,000 product prices were collected in hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores, online supers ...

The conclusion is that of the 1,062 establishments in 65 locations visited, in addition to online supermarkets,

the cheapest chains to shop in Spain are Dani, Tifer, Economy Cash, Alcampo and Cas Fresh.

On the contrary, the

most expensive are Sánchez Romero, Ulabox, Sorli Discau and Suma.

Regarding the best chains according to the type of basket,

the OCU points out that to make an economic basket the cheapest chains are

Cash Fresh, Alcampo and Tifer.

For a branded basket, the cheapest surfaces are Ros Supermercado, Sangüi and Tifer and to carry out a basket of fresh products, it is best to go to Dani, Tifer or Supeco.

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