Filling the cart is increasingly expensive: this is how the shopping basket has risen

The unstoppable rise in the price of energy is felt in many other aspects of consumers' daily lives, for example, in the shopping cart.

The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) confirms the large increases that many foods have experienced in the last 6 months.

Filling the car is becoming more and more expensive.

The latest data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) have reflected that the increases are a reality: the housing item has risen more than 18%, and so has that of transport (which remains for now in 10.8%). But the hotel industry (2.5%) and

are also rising above expectations

.

The OCU has spent several months studying the evolution of the prices of products that make up the shopping basket. Specifically, the organization has analyzed the

of a selection of

food products of all categories, meat, fruits, vegetables, beverages, dairy, packaged food, drugstore and hygiene in

national

. With Christmas just around the corner, a shopping basket going up every day augurs a more than important rise for the pockets of the Spanish.

The OCU study shows obvious

.

"In very few products the price drops are relevant and their amount tends to be lower than the increases," says the organization.

The organization warns, for example, of the rise in basic products such as margarine or pasta (they have risen more than 20%), milk, eggs or veal (which have risen more than 10%), chicken or the lamb.

Of the 23 products monitored by the OCU, only shaving foam and Golden apples (-3.1%) and carrots (-9.9%) have dropped in price, but in general

.

Price evolution of 23 basic products

• Carrots

  : -9.9% (Price in November: € 0.66)

• Golden apples

  : 1 kg: -3.1% (€ 1.57)

• La Toja, classic shaving foam

  : -3.1% (€ 2.27)

• Onions, 1 kg approx

  : -1.8% (€ 1.14)

• Mahou five-star beer, can

  : -1.2% (€ 0.67)

• KH-7, grease remover

  : -1.1% (€ 3.13)

• Pork tenderloin

  : -1.0% (€ 6.76)

• Whole rabbit

  : -0.7% (€ 6.04)

• Bimbo sandwich, family sliced ​​bread

  : -0.3% (€ 1.80)

• Iceberg lettuce

  : -0.3% (€ 0.82)

• Ruffles, wavy fries

  : 0.2% (€ 1.31)

• Sunflower oil

  : 0.5% (€ 1.38)

• Chicken breast fillets

  : 0.9% (€ 6.88)

• SOS rice

  : 1.3% (€ 1.53)

• Lamb chops (recental)

  : 2.5% (€ 16.26)

• Coca cola

  : 5.2% (€ 2.01)

• Polo liquor, toothpaste and elixir 75 ml

  : 5.3% (€ 1.90)

• Whole chicken

  : 8.3% (€ 2.93)

• Eggs M

  : 10.5% (€ 1.45)

• Pascual milk, whole uht.

  : 13.8% (€ 0.92)

• Loin (low) of veal or entrecote

  : 18.8% (€ 19.75)

• Gallo macaroni (6 feathers)

  : 20.4% (€ 1.17)

• Tulip Margarine

  : 21.2% (€ 2)

"It is

long as energy and fuel prices continue to be at such high levels. In addition, there is a risk that it will spread to other products," they say from the OCU.

Faced with this increase in the prices of the shopping cart, the OCU recommends choosing

, which normally have the most adjusted prices and choosing to buy in establishments with the best price level: "

in each location can translate into significant savings ".

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