Supermarket inflation hits 2.23% in April: Prices soar for fresh produce and meat

Supermarket ostentation crossed retail chains stood astatine +2.23% successful April 2026 compared with the aforesaid period past year, according to the monthly survey by the Institute of Retail Consumer Goods Research (IELKA), which tracks ostentation trends successful the organised nutrient retail sector.

According to the Institute, the terms scale recorded a monthly diminution of -0.21% successful April 2026 compared with March 2026. On a 12-month ground (May 2025–April 2026), prices accrued by +1.79%.

IELKA noted that astir fractional of the inflationary unit is attributed to the caller effect and vegetables category, which implicit the past two months has been affected by adverse weather conditions and seasonality. Other categories person shown comparatively constricted fluctuations. Excluding caller effect and vegetables, wide supermarket ostentation remained beneath 1% successful April 2026.

Top 5 categories with the highest increases

The largest year-on-year terms increases successful April 2026 were recorded successful the pursuing categories:

Fresh effect and vegetables: +11.96%

Baby and babe food: +7.43%

Processed meats: +7.11%

Fresh meat: +5.57%

Fresh food and seafood: +4.19%

Drivers of terms increases successful fruit, vegetables and meat

The emergence successful caller effect and vegetable prices is chiefly attributed to weather conditions during January and April 2026, with dense rainfall, debased temperatures and flooding affecting caller nutrient output.

Increases successful caller nutrient and processed nutrient prices are driven, firstly, by higher planetary prices for imported products—particularly beef, owed to a simplification successful livestock numbers (it is noted that the bulk of beef and pork consumed successful Greece is imported)—and secondly, by carnal diseases that affected respective livestock regions successful Greece, peculiarly sheep and goats.

Categories with terms declines

On the contrary, the largest terms decreases successful April 2026 compared with April 2025 were recorded successful the pursuing categories:

Single-use items, household goods and enactment supplies: -3.08%

Frozen foods: -2.73%

Eggs, food and stock cubes: -1.78%

Fresh and frozen dough products: -1.37%

Pet nutrient and supplies: -1.32%

According to IELKA, the recorded terms declines bespeak some marketplace normalisation and little shaper prices successful selected merchandise categories.