Most vegetable prices rose on Bulgarian commodity exchanges and wholesale markets this week, an analysis by the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets (SCCEWM) shows. Courgettes rose the most, up 11.62% to €0.98 a kilogram.
The wholesale price index (WPI), which tracks wholesale food prices, reached 2,355 points. That is 0.51% higher than a week earlier, when it stood at 2,343 points. The index uses 1,000 points in 2005 as its base.
A kilogram of lettuce now costs €0.78, up 9.86%, while potatoes rose 8.25% to €0.63. Green peppers went up 6.62% to €1.16, and cabbage rose 4.38% to €0.62.
Tomatoes (up 0.44% to €1.82), red peppers (up 0.32% to €1.27) and carrots (up 0.32% to €0.63) rose by smaller amounts. Mature onions fell 0.7% to €0.57, and cucumbers fell 0.52% to €1.54.
Among fruit, only apples rose, up 0.73% to €1.11 a kilogram. Lemons fell the most, down 4.79% to €1.51. Grapes dropped 2.14% to €1.28, and bananas fell 0.54% to €1.47.
Cow's milk cheese fell 2.17% to €6.04 a kilogram. Vitosha-type kashkaval is down 1.33% at €9.35, and fresh milk is down 0.17% at €1.21 a litre.
A 400-gram tub of yoghurt with more than 3% fat costs €0.75, up 1.9%. A 125-gram pack of cow's milk butter rose 1.16% to €1.39. Size M eggs went up 5.26% and now cost €0.20 each.
Frozen chicken rose 0.67% to €3.58 a kilogram.
Among groceries, sugar rose 3.45% to €0.96 a kilogram. Dry beans are up 0.96% (€2.11), type 500 flour is up 0.62% (€0.65) and cooking oil is up 0.11% (€1.75 a litre). Rice fell 1.7% to €1.62, and lentils fell 2.58% to €1.96.