Last year, household spending on food reached 318 euros per month per household, and 151 euros per person living in the household, respectively.

Over the past six years, household spending on food has increased by 53.5%, lagging behind the overall increase in food prices by 3.8 percentage points . Households spent the majority of their food expenditure on meat and meat products (17.0%), milk, dairy products and eggs (17.0%), and cereals and cereal products (12.3%). 

Elderly...