The rise in inflation, as a result of the geostrategic crisis in the Middle East, brought about a new increase in the prices of basic consumer products in the month of June, according to the latest Price Observatory, published yesterday by the Consumer Protection Service.
In yesterday's announcement, the Service finds that the difference in the value of the basket of 250 products, between the most expensive and the cheapest supermarket, has grown. It is noted, however, that the recording of the previous month concerned 253 products.
In more detail, the Consumer Protection Service, recording supermarket price comparisons for products included in the digital platform "e-kalathi", points out that the data shows the variation in the number of completely common products in 7 large supermarkets, which gradually increased from 228 on 15/10/2025, to 250 products on 15/7/2026.
The ranking of the 7 supermarkets has again changed compared to the previous month and the difference in the value of the "basket of 250 absolutely common products" between the most expensive supermarket (€1,069.19) and the cheapest (€957.11), amounted on 15/7/2026 to €112.08 or 11.7% for 250 products, compared to €108.62 or 11.2% for 253 products in the previous month.
Third month of increases
The Service adds in its announcement that the assessment resulting from the data of the Price Observatory for the month of June, reflects the continuous price increase recorded by the Statistical Service over the last three months.
Indicatively, he emphasizes that after the start of the war in the Middle East, the annual inflation rate increased by 3.1% compared to 2.5% in May and 2.8% in April, mainly due to the large increase in petroleum products by +21.2% and agricultural products by 9.0%.
According to the Consumer Products Price Observatory of the Service, an increase compared to the previous month was recorded in fresh fish and molluscs by +4.6% (-1.4% compared to June 2025), baby diapers by +2.5% (+5.9% compared to June 2025), evaporated and sweetened milk by +2.5% (+5.9% compared to June 2025), bottled water by +2.5% (+3.4% compared to June 2025), baby food by +1.9% (+16.2% compared to June 2025), eggs by +1.3% (+9.1% compared to June 2025) and Cypriot coffee by +1.2% (+10.3% compared to June 2025).
Vegetables and fish fell
On the contrary, a decrease compared to the previous month was recorded in 28 categories, with the most important being fresh vegetables and greens by -17.3% (+21.8% compared to June 2025), frozen breaded and pre-cooked fish by -3.3% (-15.6% compared to June 2025), sugar by -2.8% (-1.6% compared to June 2025), bulgur by -2.5% (+2.7% compared to June 2025), pasta by -2.3% (+4.4% compared to June 2025), biscuits by -2.1% (+5.5% compared to June 2025), LPG cylinder by -1.9% (+23.6% compared to June 2025), flour by -1.9% (+7.3% compared to June 2025), cold cuts by -1.7% (+10.6% compared to June 2025) and rice by -1.6% (+1.6% compared to June 2025). The Service also states that some of the products included in the Observatory suffer from quality differences, which cannot be determined and urges consumers to do substantial market research before proceeding with purchases, taking into account the results of the Observatory.
In conclusion, the Consumer Protection Service emphasizes in its announcement that the Price Observatories are prepared exclusively for the purpose of informing consumers and in no way constitute advice and "are not intended and cannot replace the market research that each consumer must do based on their own preferences, data and needs, nor do they aim to indicate to consumers the points of sale they will choose or specific products".
