Consumer Council released its latest specific price survey on canned foods. Survey result showed that price differences recorded for the same brand sold at different retail outlets ranged from 6.5 percent to the highest 38.8 percent.

Consumer Council collected prices of 11 brands of canned food from 20 retail outlets on 7th March. In comparison with January’s survey, prices of 6 brands remained unchanged and price differences recorded for the same canned food brand sold at different retail outlets ranged from the lowest 6.5 percent to the highest 38.8 percent. A general price discrepancy of almost 10 percent to 20 percent was recorded for most surveyed canned food brands.

In the current survey, the greatest price difference of 38.8 percent was recorded in ‘Ma Ling Premiun Ham Luncheon Mear/340g’, which was sold at $16.5 to $22.9, with a difference of $6.4. Survey result also showed that selling prices of some surveyed products in branches under the same supermarket chain were slightly different. Consumers are advised to check with the survey data to make price comparisons.

The specific price survey on canned foods is now available on Consumer Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) and in the Council’s ‘Supermarket Price Information Platform’ iPhone and Android apps. .