The "sandwich index" increased by 2 percentage points from October 16 to 31

November 19. /MEDIA TALK/. The "sandwich index", which includes the average cost of a set of seven product categories - loaf, ham, butter, cheese, cucumbers, as well as instant coffee and sugar, has risen in price again. Over the last two weeks of October, its index increased by 2.1 percentage points and reached 143.4 points. Such data is provided by RIA-novosti today.

The average aggregated prices of these products for the period from October 1 to October 15, 2022 are taken as the base 100 points.


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From October 16 to 31, 2024, ham increased in price by 32%, butter by 15.8%, and cheese by 4.8%. Sugar fell in price by 15%, cucumbers by 11.9%, instant coffee by 8.6%.

Similar dynamics are confirmed by the figures of Rosstat. Last week we wrote about a 1.23% increase in food prices in October.