According to price data collected by inside.gr from the Institute of Trade and Services and the Consumer Institute, the sharpest increases are recorded in meat. Frozen turkey is selling at 6.65 euros per kilo and fresh turkey at 10.70 euros, up 11 percent and 7.1 percent respectively. Lamb costs 13 euros per kilo, an increase of 18.2 percent, while pork is priced at 6.99 euros per kilo, up 9.4 percent. Veal has risen by 16.7 percent to 14 euros per kilo. Feta cheese is 2.6 percent more expensive, while beer and wine have risen by 3.2 percent and 3.8 percent.

Some items have become cheaper. Tomatoes have fallen by 4.5 percent to 1.90 euros per kilo and potatoes by 1.6 percent to 1.20 euros per kilo. Olive oil is down by 4 percent. Oranges are up 3.8 percent. Traditional Christmas sweets remain on an upward trend: kourabiedes are priced at 16.50 euros per kilo, up 1.8 percent, and melomakarona at 16.30 euros per kilo, up 1.2 percent.

The research by the Institute of Trade and Services was based on in-person price checks at supermarkets, the Varvakeio market and specialist retailers including pastry shops and butchers.

The General Consumers Federation of Greece (INKA) provides a higher estimate. It calculates that the Christmas table for four people will cost 186.85 euros in total, or 46.71 euros per person, excluding the cost of oil, lemons, eggs, electricity and table decorations, which together add around 10 euros. Last year’s equivalent table cost 156.02 euros.

INKA’s calculations list the following indicative prices:
• Turkey (2 kg): 26 euros
• Lamb ribs (2 kg): 34 euros
• Sausages (1 kg): 12 euros
• Tomatoes (500 g): 1.40 euros
• Cucumber (1 piece): 0.70 euros
• Onions (1 bunch): 0.80 euros
• Cabbage (2 heads): 2 euros
• Carrots (½ kg): 1 euro
• Potatoes (1 kg): 1.25 euros
• Feta (½ kg): 6.50 euros
• Kasseri or gruyere (½ kg): 9.90 euros
• Wine (750 ml): 16 euros
• Soft drinks (8): 8 euros
• Beers (4): 8.80 euros
• Melomakarona or kourabiedes (1 kg): 19 euros
• Other sweets: 18 euros
• Fruit: 4.50 euros
• Stuffed turkey: 17 euros

A separate survey conducted in November by Klarna, in collaboration with Appinio, shows that rising prices continue to weigh heavily on consumer behaviour. Among 1,000 consumers aged 18–77, 95.1 percent said inflation would affect their Christmas shopping. Nearly half said they would seek more affordable products, 37.9 percent planned to cut non-essential spending, 31.3 percent would only buy during sales and 23 percent would plan their holiday menu more carefully to avoid waste.

Meanwhile, 50.7 percent of respondents reported setting a specific budget for Christmas purchases, reflecting a stronger need for control over household spending.

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