With the festive season approaching, it is essential to start thinking about the preparations, from gifts to foods that cannot be missing on the Christmas table. However, this year, instead of leaving everything to the last minute, why not anticipate and save on your purchases?

Planning ahead will allow you to “escape” the price hikes of some foods that rise closer to Christmas and New Year’s, such as sea bream, shrimp, oysters, lamb and kid. As such, the advice is to plan your purchases in advance for the festivities to avoid the impact of the high prices of the most popular products on our finances.

Last year, the price change was greatest for sugar, with an increase of 26%. in sparkling wine, which increased by about 22%, in seafood by more than 18%; in lamb 17% more; in sausages, an increase of 13%; In sweets, in general, an increase of 12%. In beef, 10% more, and finally in fish 8% more, as well as in other meats, also 8%, according to a study conducted by a startup specializing in smart shopping “Gelt”.

In addition to not only leaving the purchase of certain products for the month of December, you can also try to predict which foods will actually be consumed to avoid waste. Preservation is important, but when adopting this method, we cannot forget to check the expiration date, and if it is short, you can freeze it to last longer.

Every year, from December 1st onwards, it is already possible to notice the price variance of some foods typical of Christmas and/or New Year’s Eve, which will become even more noticeable in a year when inflation is at its highest levels of the century.