A more expensive shopping basket. Prices in commercial networks do not brake

In April, prices in commercial networks increased. The average value of the shopping basket containing the most popular everyday items was higher by 1.33 percent. and amounted to PLN 319.02 – according to the ASM SFA report.

According to the publication in April this year. The average price of a shopping basket containing the most popular everyday items increased by PLN 4.19.

“The increase in prices was recorded in nine networks, and in the remaining four prices of the surveyed products were lower than in March this year the largest increase in the average purchase price of the shopping basket took place in the Intermarché network (5.03 percent), while the largest decrease in Selgros Cash & Carry stores (6.84 percent). Similarly to the month ago, just like in two months, the average basketball prices were less than PLN 300” – we read in the report.

Every month, the company analyzes the prices of an example shopping basket, containing the most popular FMCG articles from basic categories (i.e. dairy products, meat, sausages and fish, home chemistry, cosmetics, fruits and vegetables, fatty products and others). Prices of the same 40 products in 13 retail chains are studied in both traditional stores and in the e-commerce channel.

The analysis shows that the basket is complex On average, the cheapest products cost PLN 231.15 in April (i.e. more by PLN 2.87 than in March), and the one containing the most expensive products – PLN 385.64 (more by PLN 0.18 than in March). The difference between the cheapest and the most expensive basket in April 2025 was PLN 154.49 and was PLN 2.69 lower than in March this year.

“ASM SFA survey showed that in April this year among 15 products of the greatest importance for consumers, i.e. the highest power index indicator, the most in month to month the eggs (7.85 percent), shower gel (7.34 percent), hair shampoo (4.87 percent) or coffee (4.39 %). They concerned toothpaste (5.74 percent) and butter (5.48 percent) ” – wrote the authors of the study. (PAP)

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