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I found the latest statistics from StatsSA with regard to the Consumer Price Index to be fascinating. They found that the price of fuel, vegetables, fruit, cereal and bread are all down from January. Fruit was down as much as 8,4%. All of this is apparently due to the fact that last year, with one of the worst droughts in South African history, prices went up and now with improving crop production, prices are going down. Another thing that the survey found is that South Africans spend more money on beer than they spend on vegetables. The city where people buy the most fruit and vegetables is Cape Town and by no small coincidence, the people with the lowest body mass index, according to the Discovery Vitality programme, is Cape Town followed by Johannesburg. The people buying the most salt and sugar, according to Discovery Vitality, live in Durban and in Port Elizabeth. That seems to be another one of those surveys where the overall winner, apart from all of us in terms of inflation, turns out to be Cape Town!
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Wednesday 13-Dec-17
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Michelle said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 07:46 AM
Any prices that is going down are very good news. Let’s hope this good news for 2018 continues throughout the year. Most of my money is definitely spend on food. I'm not surprised that the healthiest people in South Africa live in Cape Town. Because all the sources regarding good food comes from where they live, like fruit and veggies. So they do not pay that much.
Jadine E said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 07:34 AM
When it comes to keeping the country clean Cape Town qualifies especially when it concerns their health as well as their budget/daily necessities.
Jadine Richards said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 12:35 PM
That South African's buy more beer than veggies isn't shocking to me...South Africa has a culture of boozing. Cape Town is a well deserved winner and should be a role model to the rest of South Africa. Everybody looks good and look as though they feel good too!
Helen said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 08:51 AM
I think it is the greatest new to start new 2018 year!
Lets also hope that the petrol prices will go down too.
Very interesting statistics to see who is the biggest consumer of sugar and salt!
Thabitha said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 03:31 PM
Good news we all need our veggies and fruits, beer is so lucky in South Africa people will chose beer over food no matter how expensive it is
Alexis said:
on Thursday 04-Jan-18 02:59 PM
Very good news instead. Funny that beer comes into play, but on average some people drink at least for cases a week - which is something - not good - just something. Happy about the fruit and veg - that is life...hopefully it stays down
Nicky said:
on Friday 15-Dec-17 11:41 AM
This is good news! Interestingly regarding Cape Town, I heard on the radio that a survey found that their preferred take out is sushi-whereas the rest of South Africa is chicken. It does look like Capetonians are living a healthier lifestyle.
Ashleigh said:
on Friday 15-Dec-17 10:05 AM
When people learnt that there is yeast in beer, they really decided to drink rather. Bread is more expensive then beer too and you can get a refund on the bottle. :) I have noticed that the vegetables were a little cheaper this year. At one stage a bag of tomatoes was R25.00. Now we can get them for almost R15.00 for a bag.
Sarah said:
on Friday 15-Dec-17 09:40 AM
I agree with Jessica A , its hard to believe it all will be coming down again January , when just last week it went up. I am very glad fruit is coming down, my son just loves fruit.
Jessica M said:
on Friday 15-Dec-17 08:49 AM
Well I must be the one buying a lot of bread, my kids LOVE bread as soon as their eyes open they want bread with peanut butter on. Ya a lot of people drink thinking it will take away their problems, but they just actually making their problems worse.
Mathilda said:
on Thursday 14-Dec-17 11:04 AM
This is Great news :)
Let’s hope for more decreases as the petrol increase has hit us hard
Obesity is really becoming a big problem all around the world, I actually heard that 66.3 percent of the U.S. population are obese or overweight very shocking
Bianca R said:
on Thursday 14-Dec-17 08:40 AM
During the drought of last year, our country took a beating and when the heavy rains came, it was welcomed happily by everyone. Knowing that our availability of fruits and vegetables would increase and thus bringing down the prices of same, was a huge relief. We have been lucky to experience some heavy rains which are certainly growing crops daily, the farmers took a huge beating during the droughts and I am positive that they are now grateful to be able to supply from their growing crops.
patrick said:
on Thursday 14-Dec-17 08:37 AM
The amount of rain we received this season should set the fruit basket even lesser . We however need growth as a matter of urgency to kill unemployment . We also need a system to deal with the price of petrol . Is bad .
Prishani said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 06:02 PM
This sort of good news is needed, it gives us something to look forward to in the New Year! I often wonder if the lifestyle in Cape Town influences how people live and thus giving them a stronger desire to look after their health and well-being compare to people in other cities.
Melissa said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 03:10 PM
This is excellent news to end the year with. Lets keep on hoping for the best.
Daniella said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 02:38 PM
Cape Town, oh how I love Cape Town. It's really fascinating to read that not many people actually buy fruit & veggies,I personally feel that people appreciate shelf life more than healthy foods. My fridge at home is stacked fruits and vegetables. Yet it doesn't stop me from eating unhealthy foods.
Angelique Jurgens said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 02:29 PM
Positive way to end off the year. What a relief, with all the price increases. I can definitely believe that more beer was bought - no matter what alcohol will always be bought. Perhaps its merely a decrease to later increase it double fold.
Nikita said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 10:57 AM
Well I suppose there is a big salt factory in Port Elizabeth and most sugar cane plantations are in Durban so that would make sense. What a relief to have all this rain! Lets hope things can keep improving
Natasha said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 08:49 AM
Finally something to look forward to in January. :-). I love my fruit and veggies so glad its going down. I can also believe that more people buy Beer then Fruit and Vegs for one its fills you more then fruit and veg because of the yeast in the beer,
Clare said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 08:04 AM
This was a Good Read and I'm glad for the Drop in Prices in January as January is a long month and things are heavy.
So Happy :)
Jessica Apfel said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 07:48 AM
It seems difficult to believe because the fuel price went up by 71c just last week - surely this has a snow ball effect on the price of food and basic commodities? South Africa has some of the highest obesity rates in the world with 13.1 percent of deaths now being cause by 'non-communicative lifestyle diseases' such as diabetes and heart disease. These are some alarming figures and I stringly welcom the sugar tax that is to be introduced within April 2018 (perhaps a future blog topic?).
None the less, with the festive season looming, I am quite sure that the beer consumption will treble!
david said:
on Wednesday 13-Dec-17 07:02 AM
i buy so much beer i deserve a position on the board at SAB.
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
