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Johannesburg - Washing powder, coffee and milk have been identified as the major contributors to price increases in stores since the beginning of the year, trade union Solidarity said on Sunday.
"Omo washing powder, Ricoffy coffee and Clover full cream milk
have been the big outliers with regard to price increases," said
union spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans in a statement.
"The price of Omo increased by an average of R10.20 (21.1%), while Ricoffy and Clover milk increased by an average of
R6.66 (14.5%) and R3.36 (19.3%) respectively."
They had been the main contributors to an average increase of
5.5% of a basket of goods at Spar, Pick n Pay and Checkers
monitored by Solidarity over the last four months.
The food basket Solidarity had been keeping an eye on consistedof 25 products. It included Albany white and brown bread, Cloverfull cream milk, Flora cooking oil, Stork margarine, Selati sugar, Tastic rice, Fatti's and Moni's macaroni, Impala maize meal, Ricoffy coffee and Omo washing powder. Products on special offerwere excluded.
"In April the food basket at Spar cost R7.95 (3.10%)
more, at Pick 'n Pay R19.75 (8.2%) more and at Checkers
R12.80 (5.1%) more than in January this year.
"Pick 'n Pay still remains the cheapest shop for this specific
basket, followed by Checkers and Spar."
The price of two products in the basket actually went down at
all supermarkets over the last four months. Stork margarine went
down by an average of R5.24 (5.95%) and Impala maize meal
went down by R2.40 (7.9%).
- Sapa