The São Paulo Association of Supermarkets (Apas) came out with some bad news for consumers who like to eat more healthily late last week: fruits and vegetables have become more expensive. The cause for the increases in fresh food, according to the association, is climate variations.
The low temperatures and the dry climate hampered the tomato harvest, which had by far the greatest variation in the Supermarket Price Index, calculated by Apas/Fipe, with a 26.92% increase.
Frosts in July affected the products in the harvest phase and disturbed the plants that were in the process of flowering or maturation. Fruits had a high of 5.56% last month — in the year the deflation is 5.64%. Among the most expensive fruits, the highlights are papaya, with a 19.93% adjustment, and orange (11.48%). Vegetable prices were up 7.11% in September, bringing the year to date to 25.19%.
Source: abrafrutas.org
