4 out of 10 food items affected by the VAT reduction became more expensive during the first half of the year

In June, FACUA-Consumers in Action carried out a new survey on the evolution of almost a thousand food products affected by the VAT reduction in eight large retail chains. Four out of ten of the products analysed by the association have increased in price. Bearing in mind that in April and May it was also four out of ten, this figure confirms the stabilisation of the inflationary escalation recorded in the first quarter of the year. It should be recalled that in March, one out of every three had risen in price, and in February, one out of every five.

Faced with the lack of transparency from the Government on the studies announced by the Ministry of Agriculture throug