Foods that increased overall in price in August by 5% or more included rice (5%), butternut (9%), apples (8%) and oranges (8%)
Foods that rose by 2% or more in price were white sugar , samp , potatoes , frozen chicken portions , stock cubes , tea , boerewors , spinach , Cremora , bananas , peanut butter and white bread .that make up the core staples, and which are prioritised in the trolley and by the purse, remained “stubbornly high”, according to the EDJG report. These foods are bought to ensure families do not go hungry and that meals can be prepared, despite load-shedding interruptions.
EJDG programme coordinator Mervyn Abrahams said these foods take up a large proportion of the money households have available to buy food, because they must be bought regardless of price escalations. Over the past year, these core staple foods have gone up by R201.44 or 7.7%. The survey also found that the price of rice is rising on the back of India’s global non-basmati rice export ban, although South Africa imports most of its rice from Thailand , with Indian imports making up 19.1%.
“Women alternate maize meal and rice, and to a lesser degree samp and ujeqe [steamed bread]. This rotation of maize meal and rice is important because it provides some variance in the meal, even if everything else on the plate is the same. Rice is therefore relatively inelastic [demand remains constant] — like maize meal, when prices increase, rice is still bought,” Abrahams said.
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