The food basket monitored by Deco Proteste increased by 79 cents, settling at 256.73 euros, the consumer protection association reported today.
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12/11/2026
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Lusa
O food basket composed of 63 essential goods monitored by Deco Proteste increased 79 cents, settling at 256.73 euros, the consumer protection association reported today.
“ The food mix monitored by Deco Proteste, a consumer protection organisation, is at EUR 256.73, which means a slight increase of EUR 0.79 compared to the previous week”, reads the information released.
The food basket includes meat, frozen, fruit and vegetables, dairy, grocery and fish.
Among others, products such as turkey, chicken, horse mackerel, hake, onion, potato, carrot, banana, apple, orange, rice, spaghetti, sugar, ham, milk, cheese and butter are considered.
Between 4 and 11 November, the form bread increased from 15% to 2.66 euros, needle rice also increased 10% to 1.60 euros and whole cereals increased by 9% to 4.44 euros, the products with the highest price increases.
At the beginning of the year, to buy the same basket consisting of 63 products, consumers spent less than €14.91 (less than 6.17%).
According to Deco Proteste, a year ago, it was possible to buy exactly the same products for minus 11,78 euros (less than 4,81%).
By the beginning of 2022, it was possible to spend less EUR 69.03 (a difference of 36.78 %).
In relation to last year, the highest percentage increase in price was found in products such as horse mackerel (33% currently costing 5.80 euros per kilogram), coarse cod (32% currently costing 21.95 euros per kilogram), and suckling tomatoes (31% which is reflected in a cost of 2.80 euros per kilogram).
Since January 5, 2022, the largest percentage increases have been that of beef to cook (120% to 12.80 euros per kilogram), coarse cod (107% to 21,95 euros per kilogram) and eggs (79% to 2,04 euros).