Russian food prices - before and after the Ukraine-war

[DetlefK]

After initial food-shortages, the shelves are again fully stocked in Russia, but the prices have gone up.
She is shopping at a "Globus", which is a german supermarket-franchise. (If you look very closely, you can see a few typically german food-brands.) They have stores in Germany, Luxembourg, Czechia and Russia.



100 rubles are roughly $1.70

a pack of coconut milk: 100 rubles -> 180 rubles

a pack of sugar: 50 rubles -> 77 rubles

a pack of flour: 90 rubles -> 135 rubles

whole-grain buckwheat: 60 rubles ->between 102 rubles (for the cheapest brand) up to 170 rubles (for a high-quality brand)

sunflower-oil: 50 rubles -> 109-145 rubles

Fish is also more expensive, but she doesn't say by how much. 1kg of salmon for 2000 rubles = $36
(Fish is very popular in russian cuisine.)

Meat has also gotten more expensive, but she doesn't say by how much.




She also mentions that it has become hard to find white paper in office-supply stores. All the supposedly white paper has a yellowish tint.

Paper is bleached with chlorine or ozone. It seems to me that these chemicals have also become more expensive, to the point where paper-companies have started cutting corners. Chlorine and ozone are basic chemicals that are not that hard to make. If Russia is running out of these, that means Russia is having an even harder time buying more complex chemicals (e.g. for synthesizing medicine or for turning crude oil into plastic).

[mucifer]

1. how much has it all gone up in the USA?

[Warpy]

3. Hard to say, too many manufacturers are hiding price increases

by putting less of their product into a smaller container, but they've done that for years. I hate it.

Offhand, I'd say our prices are going up at about the same rate but with a different cause.

[paleotn]

2. And we're complaining about US inflation....

If the numbers the youtuber gives are accurate, that's around 50% inflation in a little over 3 months. The drivers are different obviously.