Balgarianovinite.com Wholesale prices of most staple foods, fruit and vegetables rose this week, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets said on Sunday.
Its wholesale price index, which tracks wholesale food prices, rose by 1.45% week on week to 2.654 points, from 2.616 a week earlier. The index baseline of 1.000 points dates back to 2005.
Among vegetables, tomatoes recorded the sharpest increase, rising by 16.75% to EUR 2.37 per kg wholesale. Onions rose by 9.7% to EUR 0.52 per kg and red peppers by 9.13% to EUR 2.94 per kg, while green peppers were up by 0.4% to EUR 3.00 per kg. Cabbage gained 6.87% to EUR 0.56 per kg and potatoes 1.66% to EUR 0.49 per kg.
Cucumbers posted the steepest drop, falling by 10.7% to EUR 2.17 per kg. Courgettes were down by 7.2% to EUR 2.50 per kg, while carrots slipped by 0.63% to EUR 0.63 per kg.
Among fruit, prices rose across the board except for tangerines, which were down by 2.57% to EUR 1.44 per kg. Apples saw the biggest increase, climbing by 19.21% to EUR 1.44 per kg. Bananas rose by 11.62% to EUR 1.69 per kg, lemons by 5.26% to EUR 2.20 per kg, and oranges by 1.85% to EUR 1.32 per kg.
Cow’s white brined cheese fell by 1.14% to EUR 5.92 per kg, while Vitosha yellow cheese was down by 2.23% to EUR 9.40 per kg. Yoghurt with 3% or more fat content was 0.52% cheaper than a week earlier at EUR 0.76 for a 400 g tub, while fresh milk fell by 6% to EUR 1.16 per litre. Cow’s butter, sold in 125 g packs, rose by 2.3% to EUR 1.69 per pack.
Frozen chicken meat edged up by 0.17% to EUR 3.56 per kg, while size M eggs rose by 1.77% to EUR 0.23 each at wholesale.
Rice rose by 6.15% to EUR 1.76 per kg and sunflower oil by 3.67% to EUR 1.81 per litre. Sugar was up by 2.25% to EUR 0.91 per kg, dried beans by 5.21% to EUR 2.06 per kg, type 500 flour by 3.67% to EUR 0.79 per kg, and lentils by 5.21% to EUR 2.14 per kg. Tomatoes, Apples Drive Up Wholesale Food Prices 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-22 06:53:40 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