Bulgaria's wholesale food price index rose 0.52% last week to 2,324 points, up from 2,312 points, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets says. Prices went up and down depending on the food.

Lettuce rose the most, up 47.15%, and sold wholesale at 0.98 euros a kilo. Tomatoes rose 16.99% to 1.68 euros a kilo. Red peppers were up 6.16% to 1.24 euros, cabbage rose 4.01% to 0.57 euros a kilo, and cucumbers rose 2.9% to 1.63 euros a kilo.

Carrots fell 10.29% to 0.61 euros, and potatoes dropped 8.95% to 0.57 euros a kilo. Courgettes fell 6.32% to 0.86 euros a kilo. Dry onions dropped 5.82% to 0.55 euros, and green peppers fell 5.41% to 0.98 euros a kilo.

Among fruit, peaches cost 8.23% more, at 1.42 euros a kilo, and apples rose 5.73% to 1.07 euros. Lemons sold for 1.59 euros a kilo after a 3.28% drop, and grapes fell 1.95% to 1.31 euros.

Cow's cheese rose 1.05% to 6.16 euros a kilo, Vitosha-type kashkaval was up 1.54% to 9.50 euros, and fresh milk rose 1.16% to 1.22 euros a litre. A 400-gram tub of yoghurt with 3% fat or more fell 1.1% to 0.72 euros, and a 125-gram pack of butter dropped 1.8% to 1.42 euros.

Frozen chicken rose 0.11% to 3.56 euros a kilo. The wholesale price of size-M eggs stayed at 0.19 euros each.

The biggest drop among staple foods was sunflower oil, down 6.15% to 1.68 euros a litre. Type-500 flour fell 4.76% to 0.64 euros a kilo, rice dropped 3.89% to 1.58 euros, and lentils fell 0.99% to 2.01 euros. Dry beans rose 2.37% to 2.16 euros a kilo, and sugar was up 1.53% to 0.93 euros.

The index tracks wholesale food prices in Bulgaria. Its baseline of 1,000 points dates back to 2005.