sa国际传媒 shoppers who tend to buy more beef than chicken, pork or fish likely saw higher food inflation than others in the past year, according to new data from Statistics sa国际传媒.
The nation’s number cruncher today released its
In each category for beef, prices rose in sa国际传媒 in November, compared with the same month in 2022.
Listed beef cuts included:
• stewing beef up 3.4 per cent, to $20.47 per kilogram;
• striploin steaks up 9.8 per cent, to $31.75 per kilogram;
• top sirloin cuts up 19.7 per cent, to $22.32 per kilogram;
• beef rib cuts up five per cent, to $30.84 per kilogram; and
• ground beef up five per cent to $12.10 per kilogram.
Protein cuts where prices fell included:
• pork rib cuts down 4.4 per cent, to $8.93 per kilogram;
• bacon down 2.6 per cent, to $7.21 per kilogram;
• chicken breasts down less than 0.1 per cent to $16.24 per kilogram;
• chicken drumsticks down five per cent, to $8.53 per kilogram; and
• salmon down 4.4 per cent, to $26.54.
Prices for most products rose, as could be expected given .
When Statistics sa国际传媒 last month released its November inflation data for sa国际传媒 it said meat prices were up five per cent, while products such as sugar were up as much as 8.3 per cent.
Its data today provided a more detailed look at inflation for various products based on average prices per month.
Some pleasant surprises were on hand for grocery shoppers in November, as many items saw year-over-year price declines.
Some of those include::
• tomatoes down 15.8 per cent, to $5 per kilogram;
• romaine lettuce down 34.8 per cent, to $3.02 per kilogram; and
• carrots down 5.3 per cent, to $4.84 per kilogram.
Check out the in November, compared with the same month in 2022.
