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Groceries

Official national average prices for 18 everyday foods, monthly since January 2022, from the National Bureau of Statistics.

Basket of 17 staples

Observed

472.17 MDL

September 2026

Change in 12 months

−0.6%

Same basket, same month last year.

Since January 2022

+9.8%

Fastest 12-month rise: 17.0% to January 2023.

What the basket costs, month by month

One of each year-round item: bread, flour, rice, buckwheat, pasta, sugar, oil, milk, kefir, sour cream, eggs, pork, chicken, potatoes, onions, cabbage and carrots.

MDL, national average. Apples are left out because they are not sold all year.
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Sept 2026472.17 MDL
Aug 2026473.85 MDL
Jul 2026481.22 MDL
Jun 2026489.17 MDL
May 2026487.11 MDL
Apr 2026482.01 MDL
Mar 2026476.14 MDL
Feb 2026476.97 MDL
Jan 2026476.35 MDL
Dec 2025477.89 MDL
Nov 2025479.11 MDL
Oct 2025476.47 MDL
Sept 2025475.20 MDL
Aug 2025472.74 MDL
Jul 2025476.39 MDL
Jun 2025490.83 MDL
May 2025499.94 MDL
Apr 2025494.16 MDL
Mar 2025479.96 MDL
Feb 2025476.41 MDL
Jan 2025472.48 MDL
Dec 2024466.76 MDL
Nov 2024461.14 MDL
Oct 2024461.05 MDL
Sept 2024459.23 MDL
Aug 2024455.98 MDL
Jul 2024445.15 MDL
Jun 2024448.61 MDL
May 2024451.97 MDL
Apr 2024453.54 MDL
Mar 2024451.56 MDL
Feb 2024455.28 MDL
Jan 2024458.69 MDL
Dec 2023456.92 MDL
Nov 2023456.77 MDL
Oct 2023456.47 MDL
Sept 2023458.32 MDL
Aug 2023460.67 MDL
Jul 2023471.77 MDL
Jun 2023488.74 MDL
May 2023495.93 MDL
Apr 2023491.94 MDL
Mar 2023496.37 MDL
Feb 2023498.38 MDL
Jan 2023502.97 MDL
Dec 2022507.32 MDL
Nov 2022509.13 MDL
Oct 2022507.41 MDL
Sept 2022502.87 MDL
Aug 2022507.35 MDL
Jul 2022500.72 MDL
Jun 2022491.09 MDL
May 2022491.33 MDL
Apr 2022474.61 MDL
Mar 2022452.93 MDL
Feb 2022431.07 MDL
Jan 2022429.97 MDL

Where the basket costs least

The same 20 everyday items, priced in each store and scaled to the same pack sizes. Only items found in every store are counted, so the totals compare like with like.

Linella

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MDL for 20 items

Cheaper on 9 of 20 items

Cheapest
Metro

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MDL for 20 items

Cheaper on 11 of 20 items

Save 46.48 MDL at the till at MetroBought weekly, that is about 200 MDL a month.

Till receipt

20 items · checked 6 Nov 2026

ItemLinellaMetro
  • White bread, 0.5 kg11.648.63
  • Milk 2.5%17.9916.49
  • Kefir 2.5%24.4324.75
  • Sour cream 10%57.7644.98
  • Sunflower oil, refined36.6638.84
  • Wheat flour, packed10.9910.00
  • Long-grain rice18.8819.43
  • Buckwheat15.5419.43
  • Pork119.9897.90
  • Chicken breast98.98103.80
  • Sugar, packed19.9919.49
  • Pasta, local36.9939.49
  • Eggs, 1039.9833.49
  • Potatoes12.5010.98
  • Onions10.669.99
  • Cabbage9.0012.99
  • Carrots9.509.98
  • Apples, late local17.9817.90
  • Black tea, 100 bags75.9959.90
  • Salt, 1 kg7.998.49
Total653.43606.95

Only priced at Metro so far: Beef, fresh, Mince, pork and beef. Left out of the totals.

Prices checked 6 Nov 2026 and reviewed before publishing. Delivery-app prices can differ from shelf prices; offers end on their stated date.

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  • White bread, 0.5 kg0.5 kg9.95 MDL
  • Wheat flour, packedkg14.86 MDL
  • Long-grain ricekg21.45 MDL
  • Buckwheatkg18.94 MDL
  • Pasta, localkg20.21 MDL
  • Sugar, packedkg20.73 MDL
  • Sunflower oil, refinedl41.80 MDL

Source: BNS, average consumer prices for socially important products · National averages for September 2026, published monthly about two weeks after the month ends. Shop prices vary.