Price of Paella Shows Spaniards Still Struggling With Food Costs (2024)

The rate of overall Spanish inflation has fallen below 3% for the first time in almost two years — but households still face soaring costs for ingredients such as rice and olive oil as food price increases remain stubbornly high.

Bloomberg’s Paella index, which calculates the amount spent on items needed to make the traditional dish, rose 14% in May from a year earlier. The custom gauge, which crunches data from the country’s National Statistics Institute, compares with an overall pace of inflation of just 2.9% and is two percentage points faster than the national rate for food of 12%.

Price of Paella Shows Spaniards Still Struggling With Food Costs (2024)

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