Singapore Food Inflation

Food prices in Singapore increased by 1.4% year-on-year in April 2025, following a 1.3% gain in the previous month, marking the highest inflation since January. Within food, excluding food serving services, prices rose for all categories: rice & cereal products (2.4%), fish & other seafood (0.3%), oils & fats (1.9%), fruits & nuts (7.8%), vegetables (1.2%), sugar, confectionery, and desserts (0.6%), ready-made food & other food products (1.0%), and non-alcoholic beverages (3.9%), meat (0.9%) and milk, other dairy products & eggs (1.1%). Among food & beverage serving services, prices increased for most components: restaurants, cafes & pubs (0.9%), fast food restaurants (1.9%), hawker food and food courts (1.2%), while prices of catered food, including vending machines, were flat.