Wholesale Prices of Most Staple Foods Show Weekly Rise 2026

Balgarianovinite.com The average wholesale prices of most staple foods, fruits and vegetables in Bulgaria rose during the week starting on February 2, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets reports in its bulletin. The food wholesale market index increased by 1.38% to 2.497 points. The base level of the index (1.000 points) was established in 2005.
Among vegetables, the largest price increases were recorded for cabbage, up 22.64% to EUR 0.52 per kilogramme, and courgettes, up 21.78% to EUR 2.55/kg. The average wholesale price of peppers also rose significantly, with green peppers up 16.31% to EUR 2.51/kg and red peppers up 9.77% to EUR 2.45/kg. Cucumbers became 10.48% more expensive at EUR 2.51/kg, potatoes increased by 8% to EUR 0.54/kg, and carrots rose 1.35% to EUR 0.60/kg.
Over the week in review, average wholesale prices fell for mature onions, down 12.24% to EUR 0.43/kg, and tomatoes, down 3.43% to EUR 1.86/kg.
Among fruits, price increases were observed across the board. Bananas rose the most, up 9.4% to EUR 1.56 per kilogramme, followed by lemons, which became 5.93% more expensive at EUR 1.75/kg. Oranges increased by 3.81% to EUR 1.20/kg, apples by 3.79% to EUR 1.15/kg, and tangerines by 3.69% to EUR 1.35/kg.
The average wholesale price of white brined cheese from cow’s milk rose 1.82% to EUR 6.26/kg, while Vitosha-type yellow kashkaval cheese fell 0.5% to EUR 9.60/kg. Yogurt (3% and higher fat content) became cheaper by 4.01% and is sold at EUR 0.67 per 400 g tub, and fresh milk dropped 2.91% to EUR 1.20 per litre. The price of butter (125 g pack) also fell, down 2.04% to EUR 1.63 per pack.
Frozen chicken meat decreased by 0.73% to EUR 3.54 per kilogramme, while medium-sized eggs rose 2.8% to EUR 0.22 each.
Rice became 0.85% cheaper at EUR 1.64/kg. Type 500 wheat flour also dropped, down 3.15% to EUR 0.80/kg, and mature beans fell 0.56% to EUR 2.15/kg. On the other hand, sunflower oil rose 2.14% to EUR 1.72 per litre, sugar increased by 0.65% to EUR 0.93 per kilogramme, and lentils became 1.55% more expensive at EUR 2.10/kg. Wholesale Prices of Most Staple Foods Show Weekly Rise 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-07 21:38:21 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law