According to numbers from The Consumer Agency the cost of groceries of about SEK 3,700 per month is for an adult. For families with two adults and two children, the average food cost is about SEK 11,600 per month, and if you eat special diets, around SEK 100-200 is added.
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The highest increase in two years
The average prices of food and non -alcoholic beverages were 0.8 percent more expensive in January this year, compared to December last year, statistics show from Statistics Sweden.
According to the food price site Food price Food prices have not increased so much a single month since March 2023.
The food products that rose most in price in January were coffee, tea and cocoa, and in one year the price of coffee has increased by just over 16 percent. Also the prices of fish and vegetables and risen in price. In January, the fish was 2.6 percent more expensive than in December last year, while the price of vegetables increased by as much as 3.0 percent.
The price of a cucumber was about 30 percent more expensive in January than in December last year.
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Prices for vegetables were 3.0 percent more expensive in January this year, compared to December last year. Photo: Johan Nilsson/Ttdessa Grocels you should avoid – for a cheaper food bag
There are goods that should be avoided in particular if you want a cheaper food bag. Ulf Mazurwho is the CEO of the Mat Price College, believes that, among other things, the juice has become noticeably more expensive. In January, the price for a package of bravo juice increased by 25 percent. Dairy products have also risen in price, and the price increase will most likely continue due to the sharply increased costs for packaging fees to the municipalities.
And despite the fact that coffee prices have already skyrocketed, prices may be even more expensive, says Ulf Manzur.
-It can probably be SEK 10-20 more expensive per package if it continues like this, it is not unreasonable at all, says Ulf Manzur to P4 Sörmland.
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