Food Prices On The Rise

Monday, October 26, 2020

RISING COSTS: Food prices are climbing PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The prices of nearly all food items are approximately 4.2 percent higher now, than they were 12 months ago, weighing on consumers’ already weakened incomes in a year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Numbers released recently by Statistics Botswana indicate that by September, meat prices were up 7.8 percent from what they were 12 months before, while bread and cereal prices were up 5.9 percent. Prices of fruits were up 5.8 percent while milk and related products were higher by two percent.

The only food item whose prices were lower than they were 12 months was fish, which was cheaper by 2.3 percent.

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Food Prices On The Rise

The prices of nearly all food items are approximately 4.2 percent higher now, than they were 12 months ago, weighing on consumers’ already weakened incomes in a year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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