Significant food price increases in stores last year were also registered by wine (33.61%), bread (31.45%) and pork (21.43%). Milk prices rose by about 8% and poultry meat by 5.7%.
Eggs were the only basic food product that registered price decreases last year, of 37%.
On the vegetables/fruit segment, the highest price increases applied to grapes (25.11%), tomatoes (17%) and pears (15.27%). Apples, cherries, onions and potatoes were cheaper in 2012 compared with 2011.