He meat priceespecially from the vealand the Charcería their price in July has raised 1.42%, accumulating a 12% rise In the last 12 months, according to the data of the Pricing Observatory of the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU), which warns that food is becoming more expensive after being a 36% more expensive than three years ago.
Specifically, the foods that have more expensive in the last 12 months have been products related to the veallike the minced meat (25%), the stew (24%) and the Entrecot (16%), although they also upload the rabbit (11%) and the chicken breast (6%), while the price of Frankfurt type sausages (-3%) falls.
The consumer organization warns of the price increase in these products, being Spain one of the main meat and charcator producers of the European Union.
In this way, in the last 12 months the items of the purchase basket that have risen in price, in addition to meat and charcuterie (12%), are the fruits and vegetables (4%), and, to a lesser extent, dairy (2%), the fish (1%) and the products of Drugstore and hygiene (0.5%), while on the opposite side are pantry products, which lower 6%, and the drink of beverages (-1%).
OCUafter this increase of 36% of prices in three years, claims a new VAT descentrecovering the reduced values last year, and requested the consideration of meat and fish as basic foods so that VAT from current 10% to 4% is reduced.
It must be remembered that OCU data collects, month by month, the evolution of prices of 101 fresh and canned foodswhite and manufacturers, along with the most common drug and hygiene products in eight large supermarket chains, such as Alcampo, Carrefour, Dia, Mas, Savolramas, Lidl, Mercadona and El Corte Inglés.
