{"id":1347616,"date":"2026-01-22T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/food-prices-grab-the-eggs-so-that-the-sour-cream-doesnt-disappear\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:33:00","slug":"food-prices-grab-the-eggs-so-that-the-sour-cream-doesnt-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/food-prices-grab-the-eggs-so-that-the-sour-cream-doesnt-disappear\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Follies: Snatch the Eggs, Save the Sour Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

When you hear the optimistic forecasts of our food strategists, you can\u2019t help but think of the Belarusian purveyor, for whom even the sun doesn\u2019t rise over the country without personal permission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His sacramental declaration, \u201cTake the eggs\u2014the sour cream is gone,\u201d<\/em> today might as well serve as the official slogan for the Ukrainian consumer basket.<\/p>\n

The All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council<\/strong>, without resorting to humor or irony, warns bluntly: Food prices are likely to keep increasing over the next few months. Not surprising, not sudden\u2014just steady and predictable increases.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reasons are entirely grounded in reality: Russian shelling, energy shortages, and logistical failures<\/strong>. Added to this is the fall in the hryvnia exchange rate<\/strong>, which automatically makes any product with an imported component more expensive. And there are more such products on the market than we used to admit publicly.<\/p>\n

Eggs are drawing particular attention. Forecasts indicate they could see record price increases in January\u2013February 2026, with prices expected to rise by around 10% in just two months.<\/p>\n

Eggs had seen a 10.8% price increase over the course of 2025. Moreover, the most rapid month-to-month growth occurred at the end of the year:<\/p>\n