Yogurt, sour milk and sour cream made by Montenegro’s domestic dairies will cost about 8.5% more from 9 November, the Association of Dairy Farmers of Montenegro said. The association comprises the country’s three large dairies: Lazine, Nika and Srna. It described the increase as a partial adjustment to higher costs after the last price change in 2022.
New price lists were sent to buyers about 20 days before implementation. The group said the move was intended to catch up with inflation over the past four years, but prices for fermented products would still lag the 18.42% cumulative inflation rate from the last adjustment through the end of September 2026. Monstat, Montenegro’s statistics office, reported the inflation figure.
“The announced average price increase is around 8.5%,” the association said. This is the first increase for yogurt, sour milk and sour cream since 2022, when prices for all fermented products were last adjusted. The price of pasteurised milk will remain unchanged.
The association also stressed that the increase was unrelated to the government’s planned “Euro model”, which is set to raise minimum wages by 67% to 108% from January. It described the price change as an effort to follow inflationary developments, while noting that prices continue to lag the cumulative rise.
Separately, two of Montenegro’s four large retail chains wrote to domestic dairy, bakery and meat producers that they would not accept higher purchase prices, regardless of rising costs. The chains warned that products from manufacturers that raised their prices would not be stocked on their shelves.
