Estonian Institute of Economic Research ends monthly food price monitoring

The Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI) is discontinuing its monthly food price data collection from Estonian stores. The institute has been tracking food prices for years, but will stop the practice after May.

The Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI) has announced it will cease its long-running monthly food price monitoring programme, with the final data collection taking place in May.

For years, EKI has provided regular overviews of food prices across Estonian stores, offering consumers and analysts a consistent snapshot of grocery costs. The decision to end the monthly surveys marks a notable shift in how food price trends will be tracked in Estonia going forward.

The discontinuation leaves a gap in publicly available retail food price data, which has been used by researchers, policymakers, and media to assess the cost of living and inflationary pressures on Estonian households. No replacement programme has been announced at this time.