Supermarket Prices of Food Items in Trinidad & Tobago (August 2023)

As part of its mandate to ensure fair pricing in the marketplace, the Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry of Trade and Industry monitors the prices of items at supermarkets in Trinidad. Between 8^th to 28^th August, 2023, the Consumer Affairs Division (CAD) conducted a retail price survey of one hundred and thirty-three (133) selected items across forty-one (41) supermarkets in twenty-one (21) areas in Trinidad. A similar exercise was conducted by the Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU) of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) at eight (8) supermarkets in Tobago. The selected products, which are purchased by consumers across all income groups, were derived from a Basket of Goods Survey conducted by the Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and are used to monitor prices on a monthly basis.