The products included in this year’s “Easter Basket” 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, as reported by the Athens Agency. 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 the Athens Agency, 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%.
Festive opening hours from today in stores
Today, April 25, the festive opening hours of commercial stores begin, while on Sunday, April 28, the stores will be open.
The hours proposed by the trade associations are continuous, from 9 am to 9 pm for today and tomorrow and until 5 pm on Saturday, while for Sunday April 28 they propose that small shops operate from 11 am until 4 in the afternoon.
For its part, the Business and Retail Association of Greece proposes to its members, i.e. large stores, department stores and chain stores, to operate from 11 am to 8 pm on Sunday.
As far as the hours of Holy Week are concerned, all shops will operate continuously from 9 am to 9 pm from Holy Monday to Holy Thursday, while for Good Friday small shops are recommended by trade associations to operate from 1 in the afternoon until 7 in the evening while SELPE suggests to its members to operate from 1 in the afternoon until 9 in the evening.
For Holy Saturday, SELPE suggests opening the shops from 9 am to 9 pm, while the trade associations suggest opening hours from 9 am to 3 pm.
On Easter Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the shops will be closed.
On Tuesday they will be closed due to the postponement of the May Day celebration.
