(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 03 - The shopping cart of Italians empties in 2022, cutting the quantities of food products purchased by 3% compared to last year due to the jump in prices.
This is what emerges from the Coldiretti analysis on Istat data relating to retail trade in the first half of 2022 which, on an annual basis, record a decrease in the quantities of food purchased for the sixth consecutive month.
Italians, Coldiretti points out, are forced to spend more to buy fewer products due to prices, which recorded an overall record increase of + 9.6% for fresh and processed products in July 2022 compared to the same period of the year. previous one.
The increase in prices triggered by the mix of the increase in energy costs and crop cuts due to the climate, will cost Italian families almost 9 billion euros in 2022 for food spending alone.
At the top of the price list in July there are seed oils, (+ 66%) especially sunflower oils, butter (+ 31.9%) and flour (+ 21.5%) followed by pasta (+21.1 %, rice (+ 18.8%) and margarine (+ 18.7%). Follow the ice creams that increase by + 18.2% and milk (+ 15.9%) double-digit marincari also for meat chicken (+ 15.7%), eggs (+ 13.8%) and bread (+ 12.5%). (ANSA).