The costs for traditional Spanish Christmas meals have gone up this year, FinancialFood.es has reported.
A cost analysis study of 15 products by the Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios in Spain showed that ten experienced price increases of between 7 to 10% in the six weeks before Christmas.
In a third of the products, there were only small variations in price between supermarkets. However, the gooseneck barnacles that appeared in Alcampo during the study were smaller and cheaper, which dropped the average price of the product.
Looking at other popular Christmas favourites, foul is cheaper this year than last; fattened hens and turkey are close to 15% cheaper at the moment.
Premium and expensive items such as elvers (baby eels) and oysters, that are only eaten at Christmas time, are also up to 25% cheaper this year than in 2015. Fish has changed the most in price compared to last year, creeping up little by little.
Lamb seems to be most in fashion for this festive season, as it has increased by 28% in price since 2015.
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