Inflation also had us firmly in its grip in autumn. As temperatures drop outside, frozen food prices are on the rise.
In Austria, the inflation rate was 9.3 percent in August. That is slightly more than Statistics Austria had expected in its flash estimate at the beginning of the month (9.1%), but statistically inflation has slowed somewhat compared to July (9.4%). Still high in price: frozen products.
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Compared to August of the previous year, food prices increased by an average of 13 percent. Milk, cheese and eggs in particular cost noticeably more – a full 19.5 percent more than in August 2021. Also more expensive: Meat, bread and cereal products – see graphic below. However, a closer look at the consumer price index, which “Today” also shows that frozen food is one of the drivers of inflation.
The following factors have an above-average effect on the purse fish sticks (+26,7 %), sweet dumplings such as apricot or plum dumplings from the freezer (+19.7%), frozen pizza (+16.9%) or Apples (+12.8%) off. The reason lies not only in the energy-intensive cold storage that has to be maintained from production to retail to the consumer. Transport and packaging also require energy – and that is expensive.
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It’s also getting chilly in the corridor
Apropos: Die electricity costs of transactions have increased by an average of 219 percent compared to the previous year. As the trade association explained in a broadcast on Friday, the shops are therefore planning new rules in winter: three quarters want to reduce their room temperature to 18-19 degrees, two thirds want to do without their Christmas lights.
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