Pork and butter have fallen in price in Russia since the beginning of the year
Pork, chicken eggs and butter have become the products with the largest price reductions in Russian retail chains since the beginning of 2026. Their cost has decreased to 19%. This was announced on October 17 by the Chairman of the Association of Omnichannel Retail Companies (ACORT). Stanislav Bogdanov.
"The most affordable pork items in large retail chains have fallen in price by 19%, while minimum retail prices for eggs have decreased by 18%. Minimum retail prices for butter have decreased by 14% since the beginning of the year," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to Bogdanov, rice and millet also fell in price in January-September, by 12% and 9%, respectively. Prices for potatoes and seasonal apples decreased by 6%, and for mutton — by 5%. Bogdanov also named rye bread among the products with negative price dynamics.Газета.Ru ".
The head of the association explained the decrease in the cost of pork by the growth of production and competition with other types of meat, in particular chicken and turkey. Purchase and retail prices for eggs have been gradually decreasing for more than seven months, but have now stabilized. Bogdanov noted that retail chains maintain a minimum margin on these products, and in some periods they sell eggs even cheaper than the purchase price.
On October 15, Rusprodsoyuz reported that in September potatoes turned out to be the leader in cost reduction among products in Russia. During the month, the price of it fell by 11.6% to 49.8 rubles per kg. The association stressed that potatoes have been holding the first place in this rating for the second month in a row. Rusprodsoyuz also named other products that had significantly fallen in price in September. Among the leaders in price reduction are: cabbage, onions, apples, carrots and beets.
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