The 20 basic food items of first necessity, which we consume every day, and a large part of which are present on the Christmas table, have increased in price by nearly 50 percent in one year, according to KNSB data.

Among them are rice, bread, flour, minced meat, pork and chicken.

Violeta Ivanova, the deputy director of the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research at the National Security Council, said that in December the price of the main 20 goods and services continued to rise in our country.

The rise in prices leads to an increase in the cost of living, and since the latest data for the month of December will be ready around January, it appears that the September cost of living of BGN 1,320 will continue to increase," she told BNR.

Wholesale food prices on the markets are rising again

"Last September, for these 20 goods, we gave 65 BGN, and now we give 95 BGN, that is, the increase is by 45%", Ilieva added.