Making a potato omelette is 20.4% more expensive than a year ago, eating crustaceans, molluscs and fish preparations is 8.1%, and having buttered toast for breakfast is close to 12%. This increase in prices occurs in a context marked by the impact of the war in Ukraine, which continues to influence the economy almost a year and a half after the start of the conflict.
Although the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has moderated in Spain, going from 10.8% in July 2022, the maximum reached in the country, to 2.3% in July this year, the interannual rate of food closed the seventh month of 2023 at 10.8%.
The interannual increases in sugar (44.2%) stand out especially; oils and fats (20.4%); milk (17.7%); potatoes (16.7%); pork meat (15.8%); other food preparations (13.6%); mineral water, soft drinks and juices (13.4%), legume and vegetable preparations (13%) and eggs (12.8%), according to data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
However, when cooking, it must be taken into account that the price of electricity, gas and other fuels has fallen by 34.1% compared to July 2022.
In this way, making a potato omelette costs more this July than a year ago, since eggs have become more expensive by 12.8%, oil by 20.4% and potatoes have risen by 16.7% its price. Similarly, eating crustaceans, molluscs and fish preparations is 8.1% more expensive, while fresh and frozen fish have increased in price by 3.8%.
Breakfast has also become more expensive this summer, since a toast with butter has risen in price by almost 12%, due to the fact that dairy products have increased by 11.8% and bread by 4.9%, to which add the increase of 8.1% in the price of coffee and 44.2% if sugar is added.
