The only one contributor to y/y deflation was the main component of the Khachapuri recipe - cheese (-13.8%) (see graph), while the prices of other components showed have increased: flour (+16.6%), milk (+5.4%), yeast (+7.6%), butter (+11.3%), and eggs (+1.3%).
The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri in the first month of 2015 dropped to 3.40 GEL, which is 7.4% lower month-on-month (m/m, that is compared to the previous month), and 5% year-on-year (y/y, that is compared to the same month of last year).
The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri reached 3.68 GEL in December 2014. The price jumped up by 9.5 % month-on-month (compared to November 2014) and by 2.4% year-on-year (compared to December 2013).
In December 2014, Khachapuri Index returned to its upward seasonal trend and reached 3.66GEL. This is 9.4% higher compared to the previous month (November 2014) and 2.4% higher compared to December 2013 (y/y). The main contributors to y/y Khachapuri Index inflation were flour (16.4%), milk (7.2%), yeast (5.1%), butter (3.2%), and cheese (0.7%), while the price of eggs dropped (-6.4%).
The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri in October 2014 was 3.35 GEL, 0.1% lower both in month-on-month comparison (m/m, that is compared to the previous month) and year-on-year comparison (y/y, that is compared to the same month of last year).