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Category: Prices and inflation
Date: 10 February 2020
Date: 10 February 2020
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We take a look at data supplied by Statistics South Africa and focus on the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread per province. It is one of the most consumed items in South Africa and a stable of most households, so what exactly are people paying for a loaf across the different provinces in South Africa?
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White bread prices per province
So what exactly does a 700 gram loaf of white bread go for these days and are the prices paid for it across South Africa's various provinces very different from one another? The summary below shows the average price per 700 gram white bread per province (as at December 2019). Sorted from the province that pays the highest average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread to the province that pays the least.
So the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread is highest in Gauteng, with costing R14.14 and the cheapest in the Eastern Cape where it costs R12.15. So those living in Gauteng paid roughly 16% more for a 700 gram loaf of white bread than those living in the Eastern Cape.
- Gauteng: R 14.14
- North West: R 13.66
- Limpopo: R 13.62
- Northern Cape: R 13.52
- KwaZulu-Natal: R 13.48
- Western Cape: R 13.39
- Free State: R 13.29
- Mpumalanga: R 13.03
- Eastern Cape: R 12.15
So the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread is highest in Gauteng, with costing R14.14 and the cheapest in the Eastern Cape where it costs R12.15. So those living in Gauteng paid roughly 16% more for a 700 gram loaf of white bread than those living in the Eastern Cape.
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The summary below shows the year on year change in the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread per province: Ranked from highest price increase to lowest price increase over the course of the last 12 months
The Free State saw the highest price increase in the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread from December 2018 to December 2019 with the average price of a 700 gram white bread in Free State increasing by 6.5% over the last 12 months, followed by Limpopo that saw a 4.5% increase in the average price of a 700 gram white bread over the last 12 months.
Three provinces recorded declines in the average price paid per 700 gram white bread over the last 12 months, and they are Mpumalanga (-0.4%), Western Cape (-1.7%) and Eastern Cape (-1.9%).
According to data from Statistics South Africa, for every R100 spent by consumers in South Africa, R0.46 is spent on white bread, which means people in South Africa spend more money on white bread than they do on Beef Steak, which records spending of R0.36 for every R100 spent by consumers. So based on our Braai Meat average prices article, perhaps we should start focusing in the average prices for "braai broedjies" in South Africa
- Free State: 6.5%
- Limpopo: 4.5%
- KwaZulu-Natal: 4.5%
- North West : 4.1%
- Gauteng: 3.1%
- Northern Cape: 0.6%
- Mpumalanga: -0.4%
- Western Cape: -1.7%
- Eastern Cape: -1.9%
The Free State saw the highest price increase in the average price per 700 gram loaf of white bread from December 2018 to December 2019 with the average price of a 700 gram white bread in Free State increasing by 6.5% over the last 12 months, followed by Limpopo that saw a 4.5% increase in the average price of a 700 gram white bread over the last 12 months.
Three provinces recorded declines in the average price paid per 700 gram white bread over the last 12 months, and they are Mpumalanga (-0.4%), Western Cape (-1.7%) and Eastern Cape (-1.9%).
According to data from Statistics South Africa, for every R100 spent by consumers in South Africa, R0.46 is spent on white bread, which means people in South Africa spend more money on white bread than they do on Beef Steak, which records spending of R0.36 for every R100 spent by consumers. So based on our Braai Meat average prices article, perhaps we should start focusing in the average prices for "braai broedjies" in South Africa