Meat prices in Antigua and Barbuda rose 11.9% over the past year, intensifying everyday cost pressures for households as poultry and beef recorded some of the sharpest increases within the food category, according to the latest Consumer Price Index released by the Statistics Division.
The CPI shows that poultry prices climbed 14.7% year-on-year, while beef and veal surged 17.6%, making them the largest contributors to inflation within the meat and meat products category. Fish and seafood prices also rose 8.0% over the same period, further adding to food-related expenses.
Overall, the food index increased 3.2% in the twelve months ending December 2025, while the broader food and non-alcoholic beverages index rose 2.9%. Officials said the increases were partly offset by price declines in some categories, including fruit, vegetables, and oils and fats.
On a month-to-month basis, food prices rose sharply in December, with the food index increasing 3.5% compared with November. Meat and meat products jumped 9.8% in a single month, as poultry prices increased 12.5% and beef and veal rose 8.1%.
The Statistics Division noted that eight of the nine supermarket food groups recorded increases in December, underscoring the widespread nature of food price pressures heading into the end of the year.
Despite the rise in food costs, overall inflation for the year stood at 3.1%, while consumer prices increased 1.9% in December alone, driven by higher food prices, airline fares and rental costs.
The December 2025 CPI was released on February 6 by the Statistics Division under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance.
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Who the hell cares about your quoted figures, all we know it’s hell living in Antigua and Barbuda and on top of all those increases PRICE GOUGING was still allowed to take place by that ineffective department called Consumer Affairs.
Wasn’t Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures recently released by this misleading government informing the public at large that overall prices had fallen?
You know something? I’m now at the point that when the ABLP tell me anything, I think the opposite is true!
So sad that you cannot any longer believe a word dem telling us…
@ Brixtonian
Coming to think of it what you say is correct. A liar should have a good memory. This one just doesn’t
This fraud called GB has lied his way to the top of the nation, and he continues to lie until this day.
The man is just a swindler and a fraud.
Anywhere there is liers a fraudsters, there is massive corruption going on.
Do Antiguan’s really understand how dangerous a liar is?
Just look at how we as society scorn at a cheater..well that’s the same danger of a liar when you get that disgusting feeling that your spouse has lied to you and cheated on you.
Let that sink in.
Economic powerhouse my back-foot.
With the efficiency of distribution and cost affective ways in production these days, you would think prices should be going down on goods and services, but they continues to rise and rise..so what’s the problem here? Isn’t it then at the negotiating table?
This man is the worst negotiator to ever leader the country and the financial department..our most important department for a island that produces nothing, and export nothing.
His negotiating skills sucks, and when he gets out played over and over again, he claims that he wasn’t aware of what was going on, or that he got duped. 😂. His words,not mine.
He sucks .and if GB is the best we have in Antigua leading financial affairs, Antigua is doomed for a long time.
The man has just giving away the country for cheap, and at the people of Antigua has paid daily for it.
This is why we had lost so many good deals in the past years, because this man is clueless and spineless. He already made his money, so he doesn’t give a rats arse.
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