The food basket, defined by ASAE to calculate price developments, has risen by almost 29% since 2022, rising to 96.44 euros until February this year, it was announced on Thursday.
“In January 2022 it was 74.90 euros and now [fevereiro] sits at 96.44 euros”said the Inspector General of the Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE), Pedro Portugal Gaspar, speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Economy and Sea in Lisbon. These values represent an increase of 28.76%.
The ASAE basket consists of essential goods, namely fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, pasta, rice, olive oil, oil, eggs, sugar, milk, bread and flour.
The Minister of the Economy, António Costa Silva, promised this Thursday to be “inflexible” to all anomalous situations verified in this sector.
According to data provided at the same press conference, ASAE has carried out more than 960 inspection actions since the second half of 2022 and will launch a new operation today, nationwide, with its 38 brigades.
On March 1, 38 brigades with 80 inspectors from the Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) were on the scene to inspect food prices in hypermarkets and supermarkets, given the 21.1% increase in the basic package over the past year, more than double inflation.
Source: DN
