Most vegetables cost more at wholesale in Bulgaria this week, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT) said.
The wholesale price index, which tracks food prices at wholesale in Bulgaria, rose 0.51% to 2,355 points from 2,343 a week earlier. It is measured against 2005, when it stood at 1,000 points.
Courgettes saw the biggest rise among vegetables, up 11.62% to €0.98 a kilogram at wholesale.
Lettuce rose 9.86% to €0.78. Potatoes went up 8.25% to €0.63, and green peppers rose 6.62% to €1.16 a kilogram. Cabbage rose 4.38% to €0.62 a kilogram.
Tomatoes (up 0.44% to €1.82), carrots (0.32% to €0.63) and red peppers (0.32% to €1.27 a kilogram) rose slightly. Only onions and cucumbers got cheaper, and only by a little: dry onions fell 0.7% to €0.57, and cucumbers 0.52% to €1.54.
Among fruit, apples were again the only one to rise, up 0.73% to €1.11 a kilogram. Bananas fell the least (0.54% to €1.47), followed by grapes (2.14% to €1.28) and lemons (4.79% to €1.51).
Cow's milk white cheese fell 2.17% to €6.04 a kilogram at wholesale, while Vitosha yellow cheese is down 1.33% to €9.35. A litre of fresh milk is 0.17% cheaper at €1.21.
A 400-gram tub of yoghurt with 3% fat or more rose 1.9% to €0.75. A 125-gram pack of butter is up 1.16% at €1.39.
Size M eggs rose 5.26% to €0.20 each at wholesale. Frozen chicken is up 0.67% at €3.58 a kilogram.
Sugar rose 3.45% to €0.96 a kilogram. Dry beans are up 0.96% at €2.11, type 500 flour is up 0.62% at €0.65, and a litre of cooking oil is up 0.11% at €1.75.
Lentils fell 2.58% to €1.96 a kilogram, and rice fell 1.7% to €1.62.