OK with the school pass, but how much is a notebook and briefcase as we speak?

So what if there’s plenty of August left? Parents are already starting to worry about one of the biggest hassles when you have a baby, which is buying school supplies.

Like every year, August and September of the current year are “milestone” months for the parents and guardians who have to take care of them. For all necessary school suppliesso that the baby bags are ready when the first bell rings.

It is therefore important to see how the prices of school supplies fluctuate as buying them is a huge expense in the family’s monthly budget, as store owners indicate that the costs for a parent will be at last year’s levels.

How the School Card will “unlock” school supplies

At the same time, the government has already announced through the Deputy Minister of Education, Domnas Michaelidou, that there will be financial aid in September (School permit) to address the school supply problem that hits the budgets of hundreds of thousands of families each year.

At the same time, as announced by the Minister of Development, Kostas Skrekas, some school supplies are expected to be included In the “family basket” This is to avoid “flight” prices on certain products. Yes, but what is the real cost of these items?

What are the prices for school supplies?

the LIFO It is found in many stores with school supplies, from large supermarkets to neighborhood bookstores, and lists the prices at which products that will meet the school needs of students will vary this year.

As many booksellers point out, “Mirror” school supplies For the student is the notebook and briefcase. If the prices of these two products remain low, the rest of the school supplies will be automatically withdrawn. So far, shopkeepers have noted that prices are moving at 2022 levels, while they are also waiting for school clearance to arrive to see if there are any fluctuations. But let’s see in detail where the prices of school supplies for 2023 fluctuate.

notebooks

Laptops on store shelves fall into two main categories. Simple things and spirals. After we toured the shops, we saw that the prices differ as follows:

sta Just classic laptops (50 sheets) Prices start at 0.39 and can go up to 3.99 for notebooks with a more illustrated cover, superhero background, etc. Most classic 50-page notebooks cost €0.99, a price that seems to have been “agreed on” by the supermarkets.

regarding spiral notebooks Prices start at 0.99 and go up to 6.99 depending on the number of notebook subjects, but also on the quality of the paper. If a student wants to get a two- or three-material spiral notebook, prices start at €2-3, while prices also increase for larger multi-material notebooks with A4 glue, which cost more than €5.

bags

School bags are divided into three categories: shoulder, backpack and trolley. Depending on which bag the parent chooses for his child, in which the student’s age also plays a role, how deeply he puts his hand in the pocket will also vary. But let’s see them in detail by category:

the shoulder bags It is further divided into two subcategories. The bags are for the little ones in kindergarten or the first grades of primary school but also for the older ones.

The prices of shoulder bags for toddlers are very low and start at €3.60, while it hardly reaches double digits if it is a fairly well-known brand. The prices we saw mainly in retail ranged around 4-5 euros. When it comes to shoulder bags for older kids, the prices are skyrocketing out there. We found prices starting at €50 (the cheapest ones) all the way up to €84.90.

We continue with Backpacks, which is also most prevalent in schools. The variety here is large enough that a parent should not only consider the quality of the bag but also whether they should pay extra money for the branding of the product or for the image of their child’s favorite hero on the bag.

Obviously, there are backpacks for all wallets. We found a simple bag costing €3.24 (from a Greek company) and a more complex bag costing €139. However, most backpacks range from 25 to 40 euros.

And we end at trolley bags, which are also the most expensive of this product (and are usually preferred by many parents, since they do not burden students who have to carry enough things for simple lessons and workshops). Although we found a bag at 9.60, most of them cost 50-60 euros, while we also found some over 200 euros, for those who want to … pamper their children a little.

funds

Bags are important, but kids need them, too funds To put pencils, pens and any other stationery in it. And the prices of the boxes are varied for all tastes, with an important role to play, again, whether the parent chooses a simple product or whether he chooses to buy a coffin in the form of Spider-Man, Harry Potter or the Princess of Frozen.

In the boxes that we have found, most of them are in the range of 6-8 euros, while the price range is from 0.99 to 33 euros.

desktop gadgets

Here things are simpler, with prices at last year’s levels. Typical example pencil, where there is always the option of a traditional BIC which costs 0.25 and goes up to 1.69 for the Gel Pilot. Set prices seem to be “locked” in most stores and only fluctuate when the option to purchase a set of several pens appears.

regarding ApoplexyPrices start at 0.30 (per piece) and can reach more than 5 euros if a parent chooses to buy a mechanical pencil for their child.

In the rest of the stationery products we found erasers starting at € 0.69, corrective tapes at 1.98 while scrapers Simple pricing starts at 0.69 and goes to over 5 euros.

Food Bags – Baguri

And they have run out of products for children to carry their food with, with many food containers, tote bags, and food bags on the market.

Prices are bag and case logic (normal or spiderman/frozen thing) and it’s up to the parent to choose.

We searched and found that the prices are in vials Ranging from 5.49 to 9.99, the food containers at 5.99 while food bags They start at 1.74 and can go up to 24.90. However, most of what we found is priced at €12.99.