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Date Published: 10/06/2022

ARCHIVED - Spain sees largest rise in food prices since 1994

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Experts believe prices in Spain won’t begin dropping until 2024

Nobody has escaped the endlessly rising prices of recent months but on Friday June 10 the data confirmed the speculation: inflation has risen to 8.7% in the last month, with staggering increases in the cost of food, transport and hotels pushing up the figures. And although electricity bills experienced a slight respite last month, grocery prices rose to their highest cost in almost 30 years.

Food

During the month of May, the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 11% compared to last year, the highest increase registered since January 1994. The biggest jumps weren’t in luxury items but in everyday grocery products, cupboard staples like olive oil (+35.5%), pasta (27.9%), flour (25.5%), eggs (25.3%) and butter (17.6%).

Since the war erupted in Ukraine, Spain has been experiencing wheat shortage which has pushed up the cost of bread by 12.6%, but other notable increases were seen in poultry (up by 13.6%), beef (12.3%) and fish (11.7%).

Transport

The rise in petrol and diesel has been felt across Europe and despite the fact that the Spanish government has agreed to maintain the current 20-cents per litre discount until October, fuel costs just keep climbing.

In May, transport costs overall were 14.9% above the level registered last year: diesel has increased by 33.9% while the price of petrol has increased by 23.5% over the 12 month period.

Household spending

This area has seen a rise of 17.5% compared to last year, which is actually a one-point dip on April’s figures. Household spending takes into account the price of electricity, which was up by 30.2% last month, but with the EU green lighting Spain’s cap on natural gas prices this week, it is hoped that energy bills will drop by around 20% in the coming months.

Another group of products that has been rising in price quite a bit in recent months is hotels, cafes and restaurants, which have become more expensive by 6.3%. In this section, the very strong rise in the price of hotels, hostels and other accommodation services stands out, which are 45.4% more expensive today than a year ago.

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