Council rolls out bi-weekly price survey to counter inflation -
Shatin (July 03, 2008)
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Highlights of the
latest bi-weekly price survey, released today (July 3) and
conducted on a basket of 15 commodities (12 food and 3 non-food
items) at a total of 18 different retail outlets in the Shatin
district include:
The items were found with price
differences ranging from 2.6% to 64%. The biggest price difference
among these retail outlets was found in Peppermint Flavour
Sugarfree Gum 28g ranging in price from $5, the lowest, to $8.2,
the highest, a price difference of $3.2 or 64%.
The highest and the lowest price of
this item was both found in grocery/frozen food stores in the
district.
Price differences of over 50% were
recorded in 2 other food items: Shanghai Noodles 340g (from $4.5 to
$6.8 or 51.1% difference); Shrimp Water Dumpling 108g (from $7.9 to
$11.9 or 50.6% difference).
The highest and the lowest price of
the Shanghai Noodles were both recorded in major supermarket chain
stores while in the case of the Dumpling, the highest price was
found in a major supermarket store and the lowest in a
grocery/frozen food store.
Notable price differences were found
also in Sesame Soda Cracker 130g (from $3.5 to $5 or 42.9%
difference); and Fruit Chewy Candy 37.5g (from $3.6 to $5 or 38.9%
difference).
The remainder 7 food items were also
found with price differences of a smaller extent between 2.6% and
36.7%.
For the price conscious shopping for
the lowest price, the survey showed that out of the 12 food items,
grocery/frozen food stores scored 10 items at the lowest price,
major supermarket chain 1 item, and the drugstore also 1 item.
In the category of the 3 non-food
items, the price differences of the items in the survey ranged from
24.4% to 54.1%.
The higher price difference of 54.1%
was found in the Moisturising Shower Foam 2L from $22 to $33.9 or a
difference of $11.9. Generally, drugstores were cheaper by
comparison with the big supermarket chains and health-and-beauty
chain stores.
Results of the bi-weekly price survey
are available for reference of consumers at the Council's website
www.consumer.org.hk/pricewatch
, its Consumer Advice Centres as well as the Public Enquiry Service
Centre of Shatin District Office.
Price comparison report (Chinese
only) :
Microsoft Excel format /
PDF format
Issued by
Consumer Council
3 July 2008
