Coffee, tea and cocoa as a group increased the most in price in July compared to June, with a 7.8 percent rise month on month, Statistics Sweden’s latest figures show.
Vegetables were 2.5 percent more expensive in July compared to June, with mango and avocado seeing the biggest price increases out of specific products (18 percent).
Compared to last year, potatoes saw the sharpest rise in price: 36 percent year on year.
On average, the price of food and alcohol-free beverages increased 1.4 percent month on month.
There’s usually a slight increase in July. But if you also look at prices a year ago, food increased 0.7 percent and alcohol-free beverages 4.3 percent.
Sweden’s total inflation rate was slightly higher than expected last month, as The Local reported.
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