Shopping basket up by 2%

Mbare supermarket prices

Musika US$

increase

Jan-11

Feb-11

month

year

upfu, refined: kg

10

6.60

6.60

0%

-11%

upfu, roller: kg

10

5.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

tomatoes

1kg

0.50

0.50

0%

-21%

matches

box

0.06

0.06

0%

20%

Candles,6: g

450

1.35

1.35

0%

-29%

soap,hand,g

150

0.30

soap,hand,g

200

0.70

75%

-30%

soap,bath,g

250

0.65

0.80

23%

-11%

soap,bath,g

300

0.85

0.80

-6%

-26%

soap,blue,kg

1

1.40

1.55

11%

29%

flour,self-raising

2

1.70

1.85

9%

3%

tea,Silver,g

250

1.00

1.30

30%

30%

bread,700g loaf

1

0.80

0.70

-13%

40%

salt,kg

1

0.35

0.35

0%

-13%

kapenta,g

250

1.90

kapenta,g

500

3.75

3.75

0%

25%

cooking oil,litres

2

3.90

3.95

1%

14%

white sugar, kg

2

n/a

n/a

n/c

n/c

brown sugar, kg

2

1.95

2.00

3%

0%

soya mince,g

500

1.10

1.10

0%

47%

Lacto,litres

0.5

0.50

0.80

60%

267%

milk,litres

0.5

0.85

0.85

0%

31%

dovi, g

500

1.10

1.05

-5%

-5%

beans(dried)

500

0.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

total basket of principal (non-italic) items for family of 5

$90.38

$92.10

2%

9%