Poor households are again paying more for their food baskets in November due to price increases for almost all nutritious foods. One small respite, however, is that these increases varied from area to area, with the basket for Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town decreasing slightly after having increased in October. The food basket survey is done as part of the Household Affordability Index conducted by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group every month.
The index tracks food price data from 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Springbok that target the low-income market. The basket for Springbok, like Durban, showed a high number of increases, for flour, sugar, meat, onions, tomatoes, green peppers and white as well as brown bread, while the basket for Johannesburg mostly had price increases on vegetables and fruit.
Cape Town: the basket decreased by R28,24 compared to October and by R504,60 compared to November 2022 to R4 702,34 in November 2022. Core foods include maize meal, rice, cake flour, white sugar, sugar beans, samp, cooking oil, salt, potatoes, onions, frozen chicken portions, curry powder, stock cubes, soups, tea and white and brown bread.
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