“A San Marino twice the size of Rimini”
The high cost affects San Marino families with an increase almost double compared to the province of Rimini: plus 10.3 per cent against plus 5.4. The difference is made by fresh products such as fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. The alarm is raised by the San Marino Confederation of Labor.
“Dear my shopping”
“In recent days, a San Marino supermarket – reads the note from the San Marino Confederation of Labor – has published data tending to deny what was declared by the CSdL about a persistent and, in our opinion, unjustified increase in food prices compared to the surrounding area” .
To give strength to the reasoning available, products packaged on the San Marino and Rimini shelves were cited. risotto? “In fact, but this has already been done in the past, the average difference in the basket that makes up the item” Food and non-alcoholic beverages “is about double to the detriment of San Marino consumers, but it is in particular due to the increase in fresh products” .
I numbers don’t lie
At this point, the Confederation takes a further step forward by bringing the official data of the San Marino Statistics Office and Istat relating to last March, from which “the truthfulness of what the CSdL affirms is shown” and backwards going back in time , “Anyone will be able to find even greater differences.”
The San Marino inflation figure therefore settles at 10.3 per cent compared to 5.4 per cent in Rimini. in particular, the price increases of vegetables (+ 26.9 per cent), fruit (+ 18.65 per cent) and meat (+ 11.79 per cent) should be noted.
«Considering that few families can be purchased to move around the territory for kilometers each time to buy fruit, vegetables, meat and fish – CSdL – it is evident that the San Marino citizens are used to, even if not at all convenient. We can discuss the reasons for this price trend, but not the numbers ».