Inflation has affected the pockets of families in general, this has caused the purchase of food products to go down in June Up to 8.1% compared to 2021, this with a 9% higher price, this according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. Among all the categories analyzed, it was discovered that packaged water is the one that increased its consumption most in the month of June where falls of up to 15% in fishing products were recorded, above 13% in meat, fruits and oil.
This report accumulates data from June 2021 to June 2022 where a deep study of the evolution that the budget and composition of the basic shopping basket of the Spaniards has had is made. Here, it is reflected in data that fresh milk or fruits, not counting citrus fruits, are the foods that weigh the most in the annual basket, while drinks such as bottled water occupies the first place in per capita consumption per year.
In this period analyzed consumption in all categories falls, this except raw milk. In the fruit section, it is still seen that this is losing weight in the purchase within the basic basket, this has seen a decrease of up to 10% in general term, the pears, the melons, the apricots and the watermelons being the fruits that have decreased their purchase most.
Small and more expensive purchase basket than a year ago
Despite the different efforts so that the basic basket does not decrease, this descent could not be controlled. On the other hand, with the end of the hospitality restrictions by the pandemic, there has been a decrease in the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the domestic sphere, so it has been seen that the Spaniards now buy 14% less wine, 11% less of spirits and one 8% less beer, a product that is estimated to reach at least 86% of Spanish households.
Finally, this report shows that the supermarket remains the preferred purchasing place of the Spaniards reaching a market share of 49%, a percentage far from 15% that the discount stores handle, in addition to this, the place where sales have less fallen have been in these stores where only a decrease in sales of 5.2%, a rather lower percentage has been Traditional stores.