ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½.
The nation’s number cruncher today released its
In each category for beef, prices rose in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ last month released its November inflation data for ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 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.
