Gas, fuel and grocery basket costs rise in five-month comparison

Household costs tracked by Yeniduzen rose between late April and 1 October, with its comparison recording increases in bottled gas, electricity tariffs, fuel prices and a 20-product grocery basket.

The newspaper reported that a 10-kilogram household gas cylinder increased from TL 610 at the beginning of April to TL 815 by October. That is a rise of TL 205, or 33.6%.

Electricity tariffs increased by 22% from 1 June, according to the comparison.

Fuel prices also moved higher over the period. The reported litre price of 95-octane petrol rose from TL 61.12 in April to TL 77.12 on 1 October, an increase of TL 16 or 26.2%. The price of 98-octane petrol went from TL 62.12 to TL 78.12 per litre, while Euro Diesel rose from TL 60 to TL 76 per litre.

For food and household shopping, Yeniduzen’s 20-item basket rose from TL 4,974.25 on 29 April to TL 5,198.30 on 1 October. The difference was TL 224.05, equivalent to 4.5%.

Among the items included in the newspaper’s basket, the price of a 340-gram bolibif product rose from TL 114.90 to TL 169.90. Yeniduzen recorded this as the largest increase among the products it tracked, at about 47.9%.

The comparison also found rises of more than 16% for bread, milk and chicken. Bread increased by 16.7%, milk by about 16.6%, and chicken by about 16.3%, the newspaper reported.

Not every item in the basket changed price: eight were unchanged between late April and 1 October. Domestos was recorded at a discounted price on the date of the later comparison.