{"id":1355927,"date":"2026-02-10T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/bread-prices-rise-in-ukraine-by-how-much-and-why\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:59:48","slug":"bread-prices-rise-in-ukraine-by-how-much-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/bread-prices-rise-in-ukraine-by-how-much-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread prices rise in Ukraine: by how much and why"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first 10 days of February, most Ukrainian bread producers plan to raise prices by approximately 5% due to rising production costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was stated by<\/a> the first vice president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers, Oleksandr Taranenko, in an interview with “Espresso”.<\/p>\n

It is noted that since the beginning of 2026, the costs of bakery enterprises have increased by 6-7%. The main factors behind the price increase were: an almost 30% increase in the cost of electricity for businesses, an increase in the minimum wage, and fuel costs for generators due to the extremely difficult situation with electricity supply.<\/p>\n

“It is electricity that automatically adds 2-3% to the cost of production. A separate problem is working on generators,” Taranenko explained.<\/p>\n

He clarified that an average bakery consumes 60-70 liters of fuel per hour when the generator is running, and a large one consumes twice as much.<\/p>\n

In winter, enterprises had to purchase Arctic diesel, which is about 8 hryvnias per liter more expensive than regular diesel. According to Taranenko, the increase in the minimum wage from January 1 also increased the overall costs of producers. That is why a slight but forced price increase will occur in February.<\/p>\n

“But what is 5% on the price of a loaf of bread? It’s a hryvnia, maybe a hryvnia with a tail. A standard loaf of bread lasts for several days for one person, so such a price increase for the consumer is an additional few hryvnias per month. Of course, it is also unpleasant for low-income people. But such an increase will allow baking enterprises to ensure the availability of bread on store shelves and on the tables of Ukrainians,” Taranenko concluded.<\/p>\n

Recall that in Ukraine in February, food prices are expected to increase due to additional business costs associated with power outages<\/a> . At the same time, growth is being restrained by a decrease in the solvency of the population, which prevents prices from rising sharply.<\/p>\n

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In the first 10 days of February, most Ukrainian bread producers plan to raise prices by approximately 5% due to rising production costs. This was stated by the first vice president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers, Oleksandr Taranenko, in an interview with “Espresso”. It is noted that since the beginning of 2026, the costs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1254565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76878,76892],"class_list":["post-1355927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-society","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1254565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}