The Household Affordability Index tracks the average cost of the household food basket
South Africans are paying nearly 9% more for food compared with a year ago.
The index shows the average cost of the household food basket is R4,355.70 for February. A year ago the same basket cost R4,001.17.However, on a month-to-month basis the cost of the basket dropped by R45.33 from R4,401.02 in January to R4,355.70 in February 2022. “Food prices are tracked directly by women data collectors off the shelves of 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries that target the low-income market, and which women identified as those at which they shop in the areas where they live,” said programme co-ordinator Mervyn Abrahams.
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