The Korea Consumer Agency said on the 11th that it analyzed the selling prices of 26 processed foods through the price information portal.
17 items of the 26 (65.4%) items were up, 7 items (26.9%) were down and 2 items (7.7%) remained the same. The top-selling item was Coca-Cola, up 9.0%. Followed by instant rice (8.4%), fish cake (7.1%) and sugar (6.8%). According to the Korea Consumer Agency, "Prices of cereal products such as instant rice, cereal, noodles, flour, and ramen have risen, while dairy products such as ham, sausage and cheese have fallen."
According to the distribution industry, Large Scale Marts were the cheapest to purchase processed foods. They were 11.4% lower than a department store. 6.2% lower than a supermarket store(SSM) and 2.2% lower than a traditional market.