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Tag Archives: Food Prices
Consumer finances crumble under pressure of rising prices and interest
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 4 August 2022 Consumer finances unsurprisingly crumbled under the pressure of rising prices and interest rates in the second quarter of 2022, with every subcomponent of the Momentum-Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index deteriorating, including income, expenditure, … Continue reading
Latest food basket prices provide little good news for the poor, hungry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 30 July 2022 The food basket results for July doesn’t bode well for the country’s poor and hungry, with the basket costing R611.44 more than in July last year and R60.06 more than in June this … Continue reading
Food prices increased by 1.3% in July — households underspend on nutrition
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintAlex Patrick, Sowetan Live, 29 July 2022 A trip to the shops will cost 1.3% more than it did in June. Read More
July price hikes poised to hit hard — here’s how people are trimming budgets
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintGill Gifford, Times Live, 1 July 2022 July has arrived — the month in which consumers will be hard hit by price hikes, most notably increased electricity costs (despite load-shedding challenges) and another petrol price rise this coming Wednesday. Read … Continue reading
Hunger, malnutrition in SA on the rise as food prices go through the roof
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 30 June 2022 Low-income consumers are being forced to remove nutritious foods from the plates of their families more often as food is simply becoming too expensive for many to buy. Read More
South Africans are paying nearly 14% more for food than a year ago
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSuthentira Govender, Sowetan Live, 29 June 2022 Basic food and personal hygiene items are costing struggling South Africans nearly 14% more than a year ago, prompting fears of increased hunger, social instability and deterioration of health. Read More
