Shopping basket 27-07-06

$16,500 0.0% 26.9%
Candles,pkt of 6 400g Z$765,000 95.6% n/a
Candles,pkt of 6 450g Z$440,000 n/a n/a
soap hand,150g Z$125,000 Z$145,000 16.0% 40.8%
soap bath, 250g Z$290,000 Z$330,000 13.8% 61.0%
soap blue, 750g Z$425,000 Z$455,000 7.1% 44.4%
flour plain, 2kg Z$395,000 Z$470,000 19.0% 47.8%
flour Brown, 2kg Z$585,000 Z$585,000 0.0% n/a
tea cheapest,250g Z$140,000 Z$140,000* 0.0% 5.3%
bread 700g Z$130,000 Z$200,000 53.8% 53.8%
salt Table, 1kg Z$160,000 Z$110,000* -31.3% n/a
salt table,2kg Z$220,000 Z$280,000 27.3% 40.0%
kapenta 250g Z$420,000 Z$365,000 -13.1% 17.7%
soyamince 500g n/a Z$180,000 n/a -14.3%
beans 500g Z$167,000 Z$167,000 0.0% 0.0%
cooking oil 750ml Z$290,000 Z$395,000 36.2% -1.3%
mufushwa 100g Z$154,000 Z$154,000 0.0% n/a
sugar 2kg Z$360,500 Z$360,500 0.0% n/a
lacto 500ml Z$135,000 Z$135,000 0.0% 36.4%
milk 500ml Z$110,000 Z$155,000 40.9% 30.3%
P’nut butter 375ml Z$275,000 Z$250,000* -9.1% 8.7%
* indicates special offers
The cost of a simplified family basket of maize meal, matches, bath soap, blue (laundry) soap,bread, flour, salt and cooking oil has increased 53.3% in 4 weeks, and 169.9% since 1 January.

23/07/06 Suburban supermarket Z$
Milk – 500 mls 110,000
Relish Packet – 65 grams 105,000
Apples – 1 kg (Imported) 1,123,000
Onions – 1 kg (Imported) 573,000
Buttercup Margarine – 500 grams 600,000
Yoghurt – 150 ml 90,000
Cabbage 240,000
750 ml Cooking Oil 571,000
Red Seal Rice – 2 kg 1,050,000
Colgate Toothpaste 100 ml 1,315,000
Colgate Toothpaste Stain Prevention 100 ml 2,000,000
Big Ben Blue Soap – 1 bar 605,000
Green Soap – 1 bar 490,000
Softex Toilet Paper – 4 rolls 645,000
Geisha Soap 334,000
Wooden Clothes Pegs 20 250,000
2 Everyready Penlite Batteries 860,000
Watch Battery 800,000
Scud 260,000
Pineware 2 Plate Stove 29,000,000
10 litre Bucket 1,000,000
1 Litre Petrol – 18 July 350,000
1 Litre Petrol – 22 July 520,000