The rise in prices of consumer goods and services has accelerated sharply in recent times. The latest GUS data for August 2021 showed that in the case of the above items, inflation was 5.4%. Compared to August last year. This is Poland’s highest score in 20 years.
We are dealing with the highest inflation rate in 20 years. “There is no indication that the pace of price growth will slow in the near future,” said Grzegorz Bachevsky, director general of the Leviathan Union. In his opinion, the coming months will bring further increases in inflation, which has been above the National Bank’s inflation target for more than a year. More comments on inflation You can read here.
Andrzej Duda about shopping. a lot of pictures!
Andrei Duda basket. How much does it cost today?
Andrzej Duda, as a presidential candidate, made purchases in Pedronka in May 2015, at the same time his party friend Beata Szydlo was shopping in Slovakia. They wanted to compare the “same” purchase prices and thus show that it is not profitable for Poland to enter the eurozone. Today’s boss paid PLN 37.02 for his purchases (9 products), and Beata Szydło paid €13.29, the exchange rate of which at that time was about PLN 54. Many people criticized it as a cheap measure that distorts reality, because, for example, it says nothing about how people on both sides of the border live. So what if the Slovakian pays a little more if he earns more?
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However, to the so-called “duda basket”, we journalists go back years ago. Although it shows only a small part of the food market, because, for example, there are no meat products in it, and it shows prices from only one trade network, it is easy to show the increase in prices in Poland.
The Doda basket purchased in Pedronka in 2015 consists of 9 products:
- Fabiola oil (1 liter)
- Reviva orange juice 2 liters
- Bread slices (500 grams)
- M grade eggs (30 pieces)
- sugar (1 kg)
- UHT milk 1.5%. (1 liter)
- egg surprise
- Rama Ghee (550 g)
- Yellow Gouda Cheese (400g)
The cost of the above purchases in 2015 amounted to PLN 37.02. Today you have to pay a little more for them. We made the same purchases on Friday, September 3, 2021. We paid PLN 46.37 for these 9 products. This means that prices in just over 6 years have gone up significantly over similar purchases We have to pay 9.35 PLN more today.
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What has Pedronka changed in her show?
It should be noted that some things have changed, for example, Fabiola oil is no longer available in Pedronca, but the brand of the series is “Olej Option” and it is in our cart. Similar (“non-price”) changes also appeared in the case of two producers. Sliced bread 500 grams is no longer offered, the cheapest is sliced wheat bread weighing 550 grams. In addition, Rama margarine is sold in a smaller package – not 550, but 500 grams. We have more bread, but we have a little more margarine to spread. A detailed comparison is provided in the table below.
Kaufland and Lidl – List of shops open on Sundays
We emphasize that these are prices without promotions, which Biedronka does not lack and often many products can be purchased from this basket at a much cheaper price. It is enough to follow the offers from the publications.
| The original “bagpipe bag” from 2015 | Bagpipe Sack September 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
the product |
price |
the product |
price |
|
Fabiola oil |
PLN 4.68.00 zlotys |
selective sunflower oil 1 liter |
PLN 5.49.00 PLN |
|
Orange juice 100% Riva 2 liters |
4.99 PLN |
Orange juice 100% Riva 2 liters |
PLN 5.35.00 zlotys |
|
500gm sliced bread |
PLN 1.59.00 PLN |
Sliced wheat bread 550 g |
1.99 PLN |
|
Class M My Chicken eggs 30 pieces |
PLN 7.89.00 |
Baladi Chicken Eggs 30 Pieces |
11.99 PLN |
|
Sweet sugar spoon 1 kg |
1.99 PLN |
white sugar 1 kg |
PLN 2.49.00 PLN |
|
Wadi Milk 1.5% 1 Liter |
PLN 1.85.00 PLN |
Wadi Milk 1.5% 1 Liter |
PLN 2.39.00 zlotys |
|
Kindergarten Surprise Egg 20g |
PLN 2.79.00 |
Kindergarten Surprise Egg 20g |
3.99 PLN |
|
Margarina Rama Classic 550g |
PLN 4.69.00 PLN |
Classic Rama Margarina 450gm / 500gm |
4.99 PLN |
|
Gouda Yellow Cheese ŚWIATOWID 400gm BI |
PLN 6.55.00 |
Gouda Yellow Cheese ŚWIATOWID 400gm قطعة |
PLN 7.69.00 PLN |
|
sum |
PLN 37.02.00 |
sum |
PLN 46.37.00 |
It should also be clearly noted that prices are rising not only in Pedronka. If Andrzej Duda had shopped at Lidl, Carrefour or Netto six years ago, In the example of these stores, we will show the impact of inflation on our lives.
Prices don’t just go up
Of course, prices don’t just go up. Wages (at least some Poles) too. Although not everyone gets a raise, the rate of wage increase over the past few years has been significant.
According to the Central Statistical Office, the average salary in the national economy in 2015 was 3899.78 PLN. In 2020, this indicator was 5,167.47 PLN. This means an average salary increase of 32.5 percent. It should be remembered that the data of the Central Statistical Office relate only to the business sector and include only medium and large companies (more than 10 employees). The Central Statistical Office also does not take into account people who work on the basis of delegation and contract assignments.
Data on the national average is also subject to perturbations from outliers. They are affected, for example, by large wage and salary increases from the IT industry. The most reliable statistical value will be the mean or median value. Unfortunately, the Central Bureau of Statistics only publishes it every two years with a two-year delay. The latest release from February 2020 relates to wages from October 2018. While the average salary at that time was PLN 5004, the average salary was PLN 4095. Of course the gross.
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