Due to the soaring prices of raw materials, it is likely that the prices of foodstuffs that are familiar to our lives will continue to rise this year.
This month, there will be a series of price increases for products and seasonings that use wheat flour, which will further increase the burden on household budgets.
What kind of products will be raised one after another this year?
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Major flour milling companies will raise the suggested retail price excluding tax for products using wheat flour from the 4th delivery.
▽ Nisshin Seifun Werna will increase the price of 119 items for home use, such as mixed flour such as okonomiyaki flour, pasta products manufactured overseas, and pasta sauce, by about 2% to 25%.
In addition,
▽ Nippun will increase the price of 69 items such as mixed flour, pasta sauce, and dressing by about 2% to 17%, and
▽ Showa Sangyo will increase the price of 31 premixed products such as tempura flour by about 2% to 15%. I will raise the price.
In seasonings, etc.,
▽ Ajinomoto has increased the shipping price of some foods containing umami seasonings and amino acids from about 2% to 16% from
the shipment on the 1st of this month, and ▽ Pietro is a dressing from the shipment on the 1st of this month. The suggested retail price excluding tax of some products has increased from 5.8% to 7.1%.
In addition,
▽ Hagoromo Foods will increase the reference retail price excluding tax of 65 items such as canned tuna from 4.8% to 25% from the shipment on the 4th, and
▽ Kameda Seika will increase some rice crackers after shipment on the 30th of this month. Regarding, it means raising the shipping price by 5% to 11% or raising the actual price by reducing the content.
Soaring raw material prices and logistics costs, as well as the rapid depreciation of the yen last year, are the factors behind the price increase.
Major manufacturers of seasonings, frozen foods, confectionery, etc. are planning to raise prices one after another from next month onward, which will further increase the burden on household budgets.
More than 7000 items are scheduled to be raised
According to the private credit research company Teikoku Databank, the total number of food and beverage items scheduled to be raised from January to April this year is 7152, including the price increase again.
This is an increase of about 1.5 times compared to the same period last year.
By month, there are 4277 items in February this year, and it is said that there is a possibility of a ``price increase rush'' as in October last year.
The average price increase rate this year is 18%, which exceeds the average of 14% last year, and analyzes that the burden on household budgets will increase further.
In addition, according to a trial calculation by Mizuho Research & Technologies, a private think tank, the burden of households with two or more people this fiscal year and fiscal 2022 will increase by an average of 96,368 yen compared to the previous fiscal year due to the increase in food prices. doing.
In addition, the new fiscal year, 2023, will increase by an average of 39,750 yen from this year.
This means that the lower the annual income of the household, the higher the proportion of the burden on the income.
Saisuke Sakai, chief economist at Mizuho Research & Technologies, said, "High prices are expected to continue to increase the burden on household budgets. Wage growth is expected to continue to fall short of rising prices, and there are concerns about a decline in consumer sentiment. It will be done."