– Price is very important, especially for us with small children. The costs have gone up so much in the last year and a half, so we are forced to find the items that are a little cheaper. That’s what Manish Budathoki says when news meets him and his daughter Eona on a shopping trip at Coop Obs in Alnabru. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news This is the third shop he has visited today. He is looking for the best offers. – It pays to visit several shops, then you notice the price difference on several items. This is how prices have risen Food has become much more expensive in recent years, and although food price growth has stopped in the EU with well under 1 per cent growth in the past year, growth continued in Norway. In June, the price of food and non-alcoholic drinks was 4.9 per cent higher than a year ago, according to Statistics Norway (see fact box on price changes for a range of goods). This is how the prices have changed: Here are the price changes for a number of product groups: Dry goods: Rice 10.9 per cent, Flour 3.1 per cent, pasta 0.7 per cent, baking mix 4.9 per cent. Baked goods: Bread 6 per cent, buns 7.4 per cent, biscuits 10.5 per cent, sausage and burger bread 6.2 per cent. Meat: Sausages 8.6 per cent, pork 5.3 per cent, lamb and goat meat 5.6 per cent, poultry 4 per cent, beef and veal 5.3 per cent. Fish: Fresh cod 5.6 per cent, frozen cod 4.9 per cent, fresh salmon and abalone 1.9 per cent, frozen salmon and abalone 14.7 per cent, frozen shellfish 5.1 per cent, fried and breaded seafood 7.3. Dairy: Skimmed milk 5.2 per cent, yoghurt 5.1 per cent, cheese 7.4 per cent, whey 6.2 per cent, sour cream 5.6 per cent. Butter and oils: Butter 11.5 per cent, olive oil 26.7 per cent, margarine and other oils from the plant kingdom 3.8 per cent. Eggs: 11.8 percent. Fruit: Bananas 5 per cent, apple 4.4 per cent, pears 3.2 per cent, fresh berries 6.6 per cent, melon 13.5 per cent. Vegetables: Root vegetables 19.4 per cent, cabbage 2.2 per cent, cucumber 4.9 per cent, tomatoes 4.1 per cent, frozen vegetables 9.8 per cent, potatoes 28.7 per cent. Sweet goods: Sugar 18.6 per cent, jam 2.6 per cent, chocolate spreads 5.7 per cent, cooking chocolate 20.5 per cent. Soda and juice: Soda 7.8 per cent, juice and nectar 13.2 per cent, juice 6 per cent. Source: SSB It doesn’t matter if you buy the salmon whole or in fillets, the price is still high. And the salmon just as dead. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news – It seems that the grocery chains have increased prices for consumers more than the supplier side has increased for the grocery chains, says food researcher Ivar Pettersen. This means that the daily grocery chains have more money. Ivar Pettersen, food researcher at Alo-Analyse. Photo: H. Philip Hofgaard Pettersen adds another factor that has influenced the price increase. – We have had a stronger wage settlement in Norway than elsewhere in Europe. Expensive vegetables In the shops, in-harvest vegetables are stocked. But the prices are stiff. Onions in bulk now cost over NOK 40 per kilo. It will be too expensive for Budathoki. Some will think that it is a complete lie in the head that the kilo price of bulk onions is higher than the kilo price of stocking onions. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news – It’s a bit expensive for us, so I tend to buy five kilos of onions and share with two friends so that it’s a bit cheaper for us, says Budathoki. The price of new potatoes is well over NOK 30 per kilo and a bunch of carrots is around NOK 35. This means that a dinner for the family with vegetables and potatoes quickly costs many NOK 100. – The authorities have decided to increase customs protection on some food products in the long term. This applies to potatoes, among other things, says Pettersen. Increased customs rates make these goods more expensive for people, he believes. Dairy prices are also high. A packet of butter now costs at least NOK 60, while skimmed milk is difficult to find for less than NOK 20. – Milk and milk products have become much more expensive, notes Budathoki. Budathoki prefers to buy milk when it is on sale. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news Cheaper before After a successful shopping trip, Budathoki goes to the till. With good help from his daughter, he gets all the goods scanned in and collects a receipt. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news He shows off the catch to news. It consists of two milk cartons, two loaves of bread, one cottage cheese, some fruit, some raspberries, two frozen pizzas, yoghurt and some hamburgers on offer. The final sum on the receipt shows NOK 500 for 14 items. – And this is even with the best offers? – Yes, this is one of the best offers. Before, we used to pay around NOK 300-350 for the same amount of goods. So we have noticed that. The scholars dispute whether it is the final sum or the contents of the cash slip that is due. In any case, it was expensive. NOK 500 for 14 basic items. Photo: Anders Eidesvik / news Beyond the autumn, the food researcher believes that price growth will moderate to 4 per cent, among other things because of the agricultural settlement. – It is still quite high, concludes Pettersen. Published 10.07.2024, at 21.25 Updated 10.07.2024, at 21.39
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