#food prices

The newly launched e-Kalathi application, designed to help consumers compare prices on basic goods, has received mixed reviews from both consumer advocates and supermarket representatives. While its potential is acknowledged, ...

The government’s ‘e-Kalathi’ application is “fully ready”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. “The application is full ready, as the consumer protection service, which is the competent agency ...

Consumer spending during the Easter period showed encouraging signs, particularly in essential goods, according to the head of the small shopkeepers’ association (Povek) Stefanos Koursaris and supermarkets’ association director Andreas ...

Families preparing their Easter feasts this year will face higher prices at the checkout, with some vegetables nearly tripling in cost, according to new data. The Consumer Protection Service’s ...

The Cypriot market is well-stocked for the festive season, with no issues in product quality or compliance, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou assured on Monday after inspecting supermarkets in Larnaca. Slaughter ...

Key stakeholders will meet early on Friday to discuss their concerns regarding the upcoming launch of the e-kalathi platform an initiative aimed at enhancing market transparency. Following a meeting held ...

Supermarkets large and small are scrambling to send information to the commerce ministry in time for a pilot e-kalathi application to go into operation before Christmas, it emerged on Friday. ...

The digital ‘e-Kalathi’ platform, which was designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare the prices thereof, will be put into operation on ...

The import of potatoes from abroad does not reflect a shortage in Cyprus, but rather the rising prices that are driving up imports, according to the agriculture ministry. Potato farmers ...

Fears were mounting on Friday that the cost of essential goods, which started rising even before the termination of VAT relief measures, will be catapulted even higher in the event ...

Producers and supermarkets have been found to be charging “unreasonably high prices” for fruit and vegetables, the commerce ministry said. The ministry’s Consumer Protection Service carried out checks and ...

The agriculture ministry on Thursday launched a new price observatory for fruit and vegetable products named ‘e-Kofini’, aimed at ensuring transparency and fair prices in the local market. The platform ...

Olive oil has gone up a whopping 105.9 per cent since last Easter, the Consumer Protection Service said on Monday reporting on “significant price increases” for essential Easter items. The service’...

Supermarkets are completely unjustified in increasing the price of lamb ahead of the Christmas holidays, a commerce ministry official charged on Wednesday, amid lowered prices across the board for food ...

All supermarkets will have to start removing the price of packaging weight from fresh food items starting in 2024, an announcement from the Energy Ministry said on Monday, but the benefit ...

The rate of inflation was down to 1.9 per cent in June, according to the latest figures released by the statistical service. In May it was 3 per cent, which suggests the ...

A total of 350 products are set to be included on an electronic shopping basket app called “e-kalathi”, which will allow people to compare prices depending on retail outlet and supermarket ...

Prices for food and retail prices had a marked increase in March this year, with items such as water seeing a 12 per cent hike in the span of a month, ...

The prices for most Green Monday staples have gone up this year, in some cases by around 3 per cent, but in others by up to 60 per cent, the price observatory ...

Frozen fish, flour and frozen meats saw hikes of up to 30 per cent in January, but the price of cold meats, cheese, bottled water, fresh fish and cereals fell up ...

Consumers are unlikely to benefit from a new ‘basket of goods’ law in time for Christmas as the island’s consumer protection service must proceed with a new round of ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she will release a new report this week on steps that international financial institutions are taking to address growing food insecurity brought on by ...

The cost of this Easter’s Sunday lunch is set to cost households 20 per cent more than the last, with key goods such as meat and flaounes hitting the hardest. “...

World food prices jumped nearly 13% in March to a new record high as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the U.N. ...