Spaniards paid 3.2% less for the food consumed in 2020
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture presented the 'Report of food consumption in Spain 2020' in which it indicates that meat and fish accounted for a third of the budget of the Spanish shopping basket during the past year, with 10.8% of the volume of kilos of food consumed.
In general terms, the expenditure on food inside and outside the home stood at €102 billion, 3.2% less than in 2019, while the volume purchased grew 4.4%, to 34,76 million tonnes. Supermarkets and supermarkets remained the establishments preferred by consumers and account for 47.6% of food purchases. At the same time, traditional stores have recovered some of the market share lost over the last 10 years, reaching 13.8%, and played an important role for citizens, for example taking home purchases to the elderly or the most vulnerable.
Also, Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture, emphasized the thrust of the phenomenon of online shopping, and although it barely reaches 2.3% of the market share of the trade in food products, its sales volume increased by 61.5% throughout 2020. The increase in consumption at home does not compensate for the expenditure not made in establishments, and the per capita expenditure, €667.22 is almost €400 less than in 2019. Of this amount, €413.6 are used for the consumption of food and appetizers and €253.6 euros in beverages.
The foods most consumed outside the home were bread (28% of consumptions), meats (20.8%), vegetables (20.2%) and bakery products (16.4%).
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