PLANNING to serve spaghetti, fruit salad, macaroni salad, queso de bola or ham to your family this noche buena? Well, brace yourself for a not-so-budget-friendly-holiday meal. The Department of Trade Industry has announced that prices of 93 products normally used as main ingredients for the Christmas eve family gatherings have gone up to more than 10 percent.
The DTI said they have monitored retail price increases by more 10 percent to less than 100 brands of these products — spaghetti sauce, pasta, elbow macaroni, salad macaroni, cheese, mayonnaise, fruit cocktail, keto de bola, sandwich spread, tomato sauce and cream.
Noche buena products are not being regulated by the state.
The DTI said they are only monitoring the prices. Today, they release a price guide for consumers to choose from.
Some of the common noche buena meals and the DTI monitored the prices of their ingredients:
Spaghetti meal
Pasta
Price 2021 : P19-P92.50 in 2021
Price 2022: P25.50-P111.00
Price increase: P4.50-27.75
Spaghetti sauce
Price 2021: P22-P85.90
Price 2022: P23.55-95.50
Price increase: P1.55-14.93
Tomato sauce
Price 2021: P13.85-P80.55
Price 2022: P17.25 – P92.25
Price increase: P1.20 – P18.50
Cheese
Price 2021: P48.90 – P350
Price 2022: P54.35-P371
Price increase: P3 – P21
Fruit salad
Fruit cocktail
Price 2021: P55-P255
Price 2022: P56-P288
Price increase: P.50 – P33.05
Editor’s note: Fruit cocktail not in the Noche Buena SRP guide
All-Purpose Cream
Price 2021: P59-P60
Price 2022: P63 – P75
Price increase: P3 – P16
Cheese (optional)
Price 2021: P48.90 – P350
Price 2022: P54.35-P371
Price increase: P3 – P21
Macaroni salad
Elbow macaroni
Price 2021: P18.75 – 106
Price 2022: P23 – 119
Price increase: P4 – P27.75
Salad macaroni
Price 2021: P27-89.25
Price 2022: P39-117
Price increase: P4 – P27.75
Mayonnaise
Price 2021: P18.90-P223
Price 2022: P24 – P234.15
Price increase: P.60 – P23.45
Sandwich spread
Price 2021: P21-P240
Price 2022: P26 – P252
Price increase: P1.05 – P13.16
Queso de Bola
Price 2021: P177.40-457.10
Price 2022: P199.50-513.75
Price increase: P10-P56.65
Ham
Price 2021: P158 – 862.50
Price 2022: P163 – P892.50
Price decrease: P30
Price increase: P42
To access the entire list of DTI noche buena price guide, you may go to this link.
