Consumer Council recently conducted a price check on cooking oil. Both increase and decrease in price were recorded. Survey result also showed that price differences of the same product sold at different retail outlets ranged from 1.6 percent to 64.5 percent. Prices of 22 brands of cooking oil were collected from 20 retail outlets on 30th November by Consumer Council. Selling prices of the same product were found to vary in different retail outlets, 'Pietro Coricelli Olive Pomace Oil/1L', which was sold at $38.0 to $62.5, recorded a price difference of 64.5 percent. The current survey also showed that price discrepancies of 3 brands of cooking oil sold at different outlets had shrink. The surveyed cooking oil brands generally differed for 30 to 40 percent in price at various retail outlets. In comparison with data from September's survey, 7 out of all surveyed brands recorded no change in price. 'Tripod Brand Top Quality Corn Oil/2L' recorded a general price decrease of over 10 percent in many outlets, 'Knife Brand Pure Peanut Oil/900mlx3' recorded a general price increase of about 10 percent while 'Mazola Canola Oil/3.5L' observed price increases ranged from 5 percent to 20 percent. The mentioned specific price survey on cooking oil is now available on the Council's website (www.consumer.gov.mo) and 'Supermarket Price Information Platform' iPhone and Android apps. For enquiry, please call 8988 9315.
