This year’s “Easter Basket” includes products that have the same or even lower prices compared to 2023 according to the first data available to the Ministry of Development.
More specifically, the price of lamb in supermarkets is at the same levels as last year, i.e. just under 10 euros per kilo. Consumers can find lamb from 9.78 euros to 9.99 euros per kilo. The price of goat, which is slightly more expensive than lamb, is exactly at the same level as in 2023. Consumers can find it in the “Easter Basket” for just under 10 euros up to 10.99% per kilo.
The prices of the bun remained unchanged compared to 2023, while the prices of products such as eggs or feta cheese have decreased.
As officials of the Ministry commented to APE-MPE, the tools provided by the Ministry of Development in cooperation with the market yield the maximum possible benefits under the specific conditions of successive crises and inflationary pressures. Consumers can choose basic products to fill their Easter table at the same or even lower prices than in 2023. And that is something that is not in doubt.
In addition, as the same executives noted: “the brake applied to the prices of basic products of the Easter Basket combined with the already observed positive performance of the measures to control prices in supermarkets create an optimistic framework of forecasts for further de-escalation of food inflation, the who has already retreated. According to ELSTAT data, food inflation is at 5.3% in March 2024 from 8.2% in January. It has fallen almost 3% in two months while in the last two months food prices have decreased by 1.2%.
