Food

Food waste declines at hotels during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the world as we know it, altering our habits from the way we travel to interaction between people.

Despite all the discomfort and problems it has brought along, one unlikely benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be that restaurants are now wasting much less food. 

Forecast: Basic Food Prices in Bulgaria will Rise by Another 7% by the End of the Year

Basic food is expected to rise by another 7% by the end of the year. This is predicted by the chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets Vladimir Ivanov. However, despite the high prices of electricity and natural gas, there will be no sharp jump. The reasons are the competitive market and shrinking consumption.

Food prices increased in 2020

Ljubljana – Most basic food products became more expensive in 2020, the year marked by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday in light of the upcoming World Food Day on 16 October. They added that price rises were the most substantial in apples (+35.4%) and minced meat (+22.8%).

Slovenia produced more food waste last year

Ljubljana – The average person in Slovenia threw away 68 kilograms of food last year, one kilogram more than in 2019, of which 40% was still edible. Households and foodstuffs trade generated more food waste, while food production and the catering and food service industries generated less, the Statistics Office data show.

Food Prices Rocketing due to more Expensive Electricity and Fuels

The appreciation of electricity andfuels has pushed food prices up and has boosted inflation, Consumer Protection Association (CPA) Chairman Peyo Mayorski said, quoted by the NGO in a press release on Tuesday.
A CPA survey found that food prices have gone up by an average of 5 per cent since May 2021, most appreciably for cooking oil,

Bulgaria: Yellow Code for Dangerous Heat throughout the Country

Yellow code for high temperatures is a force for the whole country. This shows a reference on the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. Thermometers are expected to reach 38 degrees almost everywhere in Bulgaria.

Dangerous heat in almost the whole country.

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