In 96.02% of the products included in “Household basket“, the prices are reduced or kept constant in the 24th week of its application (12/4/2023 -18/42023), which is also the second week of application of the “Easter Basket” (includes, in addition to the other products, lamb, goat, bun and chocolate eggs).

This is stated in an announcement by the Ministry of Development and Investments, and in particular it is noted that, from the total of 1,206 products in the “Household Basket” (the number is increased because the Easter items are added):

  • at 71, a rate of 5.89%, the price decreased,
  • at 1,087, a rate of 90.13%, the price remained stable
  • and in 48, a rate of 3.98%, the price increased.

It should also be pointed out that according to the official data of the Central Markets and Fisheries Organization, the wholesale prices for lamb and goat on Holy Monday 2023 were lower than on Great Monday 2022 and even significantly so.

Detailed in the attached tables, the retail prices of lamb and goat in the “Easter Basket” and wholesale according to OKAA

Fixed prices in the godparents basket

“Third week of the Godfather’s Basket and the results are amazing, 19% of games have new discounts and 81% have fixed prices! I am glad that this initiative of ours also works in favor of consumers and especially our little friends”.

This is what the Minister of Development and Investments says in a post on social media Adonis Georgiades after his visit with the deputy minister Nikos Papathanasisin game stores.