Skyrocketing prices: high inflation in food, hotels and restaurants in Northern Sardinia
Sassari and Olbia in the top ten of increases in catering, more contained the increases in Cagliari
North Sardinia above the national average of inflation on food products and restaurant services.
The National Consumers Union conducted a study on Istat data for the month of September, analyzing the increases in all the main cities.
On food and non-alcoholic beverages , in Italy the increase in prices on September 2021 is 11.7%, a sting equal to an average of 660 euros more on an annual basis. It is worse in Olbia, 16th in this ranking with + 13.1%, and in Sassari, + 12.6% . In Cagliari the rise is slightly below the national average, + 11.5% .
Turning to restaurant services in Italy, annual inflation is 5.9%: and Sassari in this unrewarding ranking is in the very first positions, fifth with + 8.9%. Olbia is also in the top ten (+ 8.3%), while Cagliari with + 6.4% is still above the national average.
Under the item water supply and services connected to the home such as waste collection and condominium expenses , inflation tends to be low at national level (+ 1.8%), even lower in Sardinia: in Olbia + 0.9% , while costs they even decreased in Sassari (-0.4%) and Cagliari (-2.4%) .
Chapter kindergarten and primary education : in Italy prices increased by 2.8%, in Cagliari by 1.2%, in Sassari by 0.5% . Well Olbia, which is last in this ranking with a deflation of 2.9% .
As for accommodation services (hotels, pensions, farmhouses, bed and breakfasts, campsites), it is the sector with the highest price growth in Italy, + 16% compared to a year ago. In Sassari there is even a + 19.1%, in Olbia + 15.2% . The increase in Cagliari was much more contained, + 3.2% .
(Unioneonline / L)
