Consumers face fresh price rises in basic goods

Prices for several basic consumer goods continued to rise in May, according to the consumer protection service, as inflationary pressures remained visible across household staples ranging from cold cuts and baby food to coffee, eggs and detergents.

The service’s price observatory, which tracks the weighted average price of 250 basic consumer products across 400 retail stores nationwide, showed the sharpest monthly increase in cold cuts, which rose by 6.4 per cent compared with April and by 9.2...