One year the food basket with essential goods increased by 10 euros. At the Ajuda market, in Lisbon, traders say that Portuguese families are buying less and less.
Ana is part of the third generation of street vendors in the Ajuda neighborhood, but she doesn’t remember selling so little.
The basket of 63 foods analyzed by Deco PROteste today costs 245 euros, 10 more than a year ago.
Beef, eggs, oranges and coffee are some of the products that have become more expensive since Deco began analyzing price developments three years ago.
But it was four months ago that the food basket reached its highest value ever: more than 245 euros.
