From July 1 to July 31 this year, food prices increased by an average of 1.5 percent.
It is the second highest price increase in a month that Matpriskollen has registered.
Only in May was the price increase slightly higher.
- It may not sound like much, but it is a lot.
If you look at individual products and categories, the increase has been significantly higher, says Ulf Mazur, CEO and founder of Matpriskollen, which compares prices in the grocery trade.
Among the goods that increased the most last month were country sausages and avocados, which rose by almost 10 percent.
Even cheese and milk, which have already seen a sharp price increase, rose by 7 and 5 percent respectively.
Ten percent in seven months
Since January, the prices of food-related products have increased by an average of 10.3 percent.
The reason is the increased costs of raw materials, energy and transport as a result of the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The increasingly weak Swedish krona against the dollar and the euro is also pushing up food prices.
The goods that have increased in price the most since the beginning of the year are dairy products, cheese and meat.
Edible fat has risen by over 25 percent since January and chicken by nearly 24 percent.
Prices continue to rise
Sweden is far from the only country with rampant food prices.
New figures from the cooperation organization OECD show that in June food prices in the member countries increased by 13.3 percent, which is the largest increase since 1975.
Ulf Mazur believes that prices will continue to rise and that the average food price increase will end up at 15 percent this year.
One of the reasons for this is that there is a lag: grocery stores often have long lead times and it takes time for cost increases to be reflected in stores.
Some items that have increased production costs have not yet increased their prices.
This applies, for example, to baby food and drinks.
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