As of Thursday, September 3, 2026, Ukrainian supermarket chains updated their price lists for socially significant food products. According to RBC-Ukraine monitoring, most items in Silpo, ATB, Novus and Auchan remained at their previous levels, although targeted price adjustments were recorded in certain chains for buckwheat, eggs and sunflower oil. The overall picture indicates that inflationary pressure on the basic food basket remains moderate, but within each product category, price trajectories across different chains are already diverging.
Bread and milk: anchor stability
The calmest category this week remains bread: prices did not change in any of the four tracked chains. The leader in affordability continues to be the sliced half loaf of 'Sumska Palianytsia Kazatsky' at Silpo — 12.99 UAH per 350 g. The dairy segment shows similar stability: prices for pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk match the levels of September 2. The cheapest single-serve 450 ml pack is offered at ATB (21.30 UAH) and Silpo (21.49 UAH). For the consumer, this means that basic calorie-dense items are not yet creating an additional burden on the household budget.
Buckwheat: targeted increase at Novus
The only notable increase in the grains category was the price rise for the private-label 'Marka Promo' buckwheat at Novus: from 65.99 UAH to 69.99 UAH per kilogram, i.e. by 4 UAH. Meanwhile, at Silpo, ATB and Auchan the price of buckwheat remained unchanged. Thus, the increase is of a local nature and is linked to a pricing adjustment of a specific retailer's private label, rather than a market-wide rise in raw material costs.
Eggs: diverging trajectories across chains
In the egg category, changes in opposite directions were recorded on September 3. At Auchan, individual C1-category eggs became 5 UAH cheaper: a dozen now costs 39.00 UAH instead of 44.00 UAH. At Novus, by contrast, the cheapest item became more expensive: the promotional 'Kvoky' C2 eggs at 49.99 UAH per dozen were replaced by 'Vid Dobroyi Kury' C2 eggs at 55.99 UAH. The 6 UAH difference between the two chains on the minimum item makes the choice of store practically significant for a buyer who purchases eggs regularly.
Sunflower oil: discounts and changes in product lines
In the vegetable oil segment, dynamics are also uneven. At Silpo, a 0.5 l bottle of 'Premia' oil became 3.50 UAH cheaper due to a discount — to 52.99 UAH. At Novus, by contrast, the cheapest item saw a product change: instead of 'Korolivskyi Smak' (745 g for 71.49 UAH), 'Oleina Traditsiina' in an 850 ml volume for 99.99 UAH is now offered. Formally the price has risen, but the volume has also increased, which requires the consumer to recalculate the cost per unit of weight for a correct comparison.
Contradictory data
Strictly speaking, there are no direct factual contradictions between sources in the provided materials: all figures align with the RBC-Ukraine publication. Nevertheless, it is worth noting a methodological inconsistency in interpreting the data on sunflower oil at Novus. On the one hand, the formal price of the cheapest item rose from 71.49 to 99.99 UAH; on the other hand, the pack volume increased from 745 g to 850 ml, which makes a direct 'price per bottle' comparison incorrect without recalculation per kilogram or litre. A similar caveat applies to buckwheat: the 4 UAH increase at Novus does not reflect a market-wide trend, since the price did not change in the other three chains, and speaking of a general 'rise in buckwheat prices' would be an exaggeration.
Overall, the September 3 monitoring confirms a stable trend: Ukrainian retailers manage prices on socially significant products in a targeted manner, using discounts, private-label swaps and pack-volume adjustments, rather than across-the-board increases. For the consumer, this means that savings increasingly depend on the choice of a specific chain and careful comparison of prices per unit of weight, rather than per pack.
