{"id":559120,"date":"2022-02-17T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=559120"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:04:35","slug":"8-grocery-items-that-have-become-more-expensive-in-south-africa-over-the-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/559120\/8-grocery-items-that-have-become-more-expensive-in-south-africa-over-the-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"8 grocery items that have become more expensive in South Africa over the last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics South Africa has published its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2022, showing that headline inflation dipped to 5.7% in January from 5.9% in December.<\/p>\n<p>This is mainly the result of lower fuel prices, the statistics body said in a statement on Wednesday (19 January). The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.2% between December and January, compared with a monthly rate of 0.6% in December.<\/p>\n<p>This CPI release is the first to be compiled using the recently updated weights and the basket of goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the largest annual price increases (January 2021 vs January 2022) were recorded for the following goods and services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oils and fats: +22.9%<\/li>\n<li>Vegetables: + 8.6%<\/li>\n<li>Meat: + 8.2%<\/li>\n<li>Wine: + 7.4%<\/li>\n<li>Fish: + 4.6%<\/li>\n<li>Beer: + 4.5%<\/li>\n<li>Tobacco: +4.0%<\/li>\n<li>Sugar, sweets and desserts: +2.9%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-559140 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CPI.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annual food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation edged higher, from 5,.% in December to 5.7% in January. The monthly rate in January was 0.9%, with large monthly increases recorded for oils &amp; fats and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for cooking oil continue to soar, increasing by 5.2% between December and January, taking the annual rate to 32.2%.<\/p>\n<p>The average price of a bottle of cooking oil (750 ml) increased to R31.12 in January 2022 from R24.25 a year ago. The annual rate for oils &amp; fats was 22.9% in January, the highest reading since 23.7% in September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Vegetable prices jumped to an annual increase of 8.6%, the highest annual rise since April 2019. The monthly rise was 3.4%. Products that recorded notable monthly increases were tomatoes (17.4%), lettuce (15.3%), spinach (6.9%), carrots (5.7%) and pumpkin (2.6%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuel and public transport prices moderate in January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Motorists and businesses breathed a little easier in January as fuel prices dropped by 2.8% from the record highs in December.<\/p>\n<p>The price of inland 95-octane petrol decreased by 68 cents per litre and diesel was down by 25 cents. The annual price increase for the fuel category was 32.2% in January, lower than the 40.5% registered in December.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers using public transport also enjoyed lower prices in January. Significant monthly price decreases were recorded for car rental (down 12%), air fares (down 11.3%), and long-distance buses (down 20.7%).<\/p>\n<p>However, note that these movements between December and January are largely seasonal. If we compare with January 2021, car rental prices have increased by 53% and airfares are up by 13.5%. Long-distance bus fares, however, decreased by 9.3%.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/558902\/new-pension-changes-coming-for-south-africa-before-the-end-of-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New pension changes coming for South Africa before the end of February<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics South Africa has published its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2022, showing that headline inflation dipped to 5.7% in January from 5.9% in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":486767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121],"tags":[26,1739,3745,5769],"class_list":["post-559120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-headline","tag-statistics-sa","tag-statistics-south-africa","tag-statssa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559120"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559176,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559120\/revisions\/559176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}