The summer food basket cost 49.94 euros this week, representing a decrease of 1.17 euros compared to last week. This conclusion is from a study conducted by DECO PROteste covering the period from August 20 to August 27.
“Between August 20, 2025, and August 27, 2025, there is a difference of minus 1.17 € when comparing the same basket on the two days (-2.29%)”, states the analysis shared with Notícias ao Minuto.
This analysis is ‘extra for this time of year, where specialists focus on the products most consumed during the summer season.
The analysis covers 12 products commonly used during this season, including pork steaks, whole chicken, sea bass, gilt-head bream, horse mackerel, extra virgin olive oil, Frankfurt sausages, roasted ground coffee, curly lettuce, plum tomatoes, onions, and red potatoes.
What Increased the Most?
According to the analysis, other data points, such as price variations compared to last week, have been highlighted by specialists. It is noted that products like Frankfurt sausages, onions, and curly lettuce saw the largest price increases.
Conversely, products such as gilt-head bream, roasted ground coffee, and horse mackerel became cheaper.
Notably, curly lettuce appears in the ‘top 3’ of products that saw the most significant price increases in the analyses, including a review of the previous week, one related to the last month, and another for the corresponding period of 2024.
What About the Inflation Rate?
A provisional estimate released this Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) shows the inflation rate increased by 2.8% in August, 0.2 percentage points above July’s variation.
The information gathered by the institute, still subject to revision, indicates an acceleration of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
After a July difference in the index of 2.64% compared to the same month the previous year, the rate rose to 2.78% this month, according to the INE’s statistical summary.
The underlying inflation indicator — the total index excluding unprocessed food and energy products — registered a change of 2.5% compared to the index value in August last year. In this case, the difference is the same as in July.
“The variation of the index related to energy products was -0.2% (-1.1% in July), and the index for unprocessed food products is expected to have accelerated again to 7.0% (6.1% the previous month),” details the INE.
The global CPI variation compared to July (on a chain basis) was negative, with a monthly difference of -0.2%. The drop was smaller than the one recorded from June to July, which was -0.4%.
