What Minister Adonis Georgiadis said about the “household basket”
In 94.7% of the products included in the “household basket”, the prices are reduced or kept constant in the 5th week of the implementation of the measure, based on the new price lists notified to the Ministry of Development and Investments today, Wednesday, by the supermarket chains.
In detail, a statement from the ministry states that out of the total of 816 products in the “household basket” that are completely comparable:
- at 192, a rate of 23.5%, the price decreased with the weighted average decrease per product being -25.8%,
- at 581, a rate of 71.2%, the price remained stable
- and in only 43, a rate of 5.2%, the price increased marginally in most cases.
Therefore, the total cost of the “household basket” is reduced in the vast majority of supermarkets with the largest reduction – 9.65% in the “My Market” chain.
5th week of the “Household Basket” and the results are as follows: Of the 816 lowest priced products by category by chain, 43 have increased marginally, 192 have decreased, while the rest remain the same price! Detailed results tomorrow!
— Adonis Georgiadi (@AdonisGeorgiadi) November 29, 2022
In his post on social media, Minister Adonis Georgiadis states: “5th week with price reductions in the Basket. 94.7% of products have reduced or fixed prices. In percentage of weekly decrease in the value of the Basket, the ranking order is as follows. I thank the chains for our good cooperation so far for the benefit of consumers.”
In the meantime, turnover in retail trade continues to rise. According to ELSTAT, registered an increase of 10.5% in September compared to the corresponding month last year, but a decrease of 3.3% compared to August.
In detail, the percentage changes in the “household basket” of each chain in the attached graph and in detail the prices of the products in the following link:
https://e-katanalotis.gov.gr/
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