"At the beginning of this year, on January 1st, to buy exactly the same food, consumers spent 6.29 euros less (down 2.66%), and a year ago, on September 25, 2024, they spent 14.20 euros less (down 6.22%). In January 2022, when the consumer protection organization began monitoring the price of this basic food basket, it was possible to buy the same products for 54.75 euros less (down 29.1%)," the DECO PROTeste website states.

The data reveals that fresh hake is among the products whose prices increased the most in the last week, reaching its highest price since June of this year, when it reached €11.99 per kilo.

"After several consecutive weeks ranging between €9 and €11 per kilo, this week the price of hake rose €1.46 per kilo (up 14%), to €11.81 per kilo. Fresh hake has been one of the products with the largest weekly price fluctuations over the past three years, and now costs €1.61 ​​per kilo more (up 16%) than on January 5, 2022, when the DECO PROteste fishery began monitoring the basic food basket," the consumer protection organization reported.

According to DECO PROTeste, last week, between September 17 and 24, in addition to fresh hake, the products whose prices increased the most were spaghetti (up 18%), whole grains (up 14%), and frozen peas (up 10%).

However, "if we compare this week's prices with those of the first week of the year, January 1, 2025, the largest percentage price increase was seen in products such as broccoli (up 34%), eggs (up 28%), and oranges (up 27%)."

"Since DECO PROteste began this analysis, on January 5, 2022, the biggest percentage increases were in beef for cooking (up 105%), eggs (up 81%) and oranges (up 75 percent)," it is also stated.