Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 at 9:16 am by Rander
Stop eating vegetables

therandtoday13.jpgWith all the talk currently surrounding the inflation figures in South Africa a closer look has been taken regarding the price of vegetables in the country.

Research has shown that the price of vegetables has sky rocketed in South Africa over the last couple of months. The main reason for this price increase has been due to the extreme weather conditions being faced in South Africa which is hampering the production of vegetables. The supply of vegetables is just not meeting the demand and this could lead to consumers no longer being able to afford to buy vegetables which form such an important part of ones daily diet.

Last month, most supermarkets charged almost R30 for a 10kg packet of potatoes but this month when one walks into a supermarket they can expect to buy the same packet for R40. And with the fuel prices having gone up today, that R40 price is set to rise again.

Grocers are saying that the price of vegetables has increased by almost 80% compared to this time last year. Now for me that is serious inflation. Upon closer analysis, I would think that the price of meat in South Africa could have also gone up by that same amount as meat has become very expensive in the country.

So very soon, buying a tomato or potato could become a luxury whilst we had been used to buying it as a necessity.




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Comments

Nick on 3 October, 2007 at 9:53 am #

An astute observation, but what’s the alternative. Actually it’s not just produce prices going up, but everything, across the board, with an emphasis on meat. This is one of the consequences of increased energy inputs. Naturally it will start to force people to change their lifestyles, but unfortunately, too late.


Rander on 3 October, 2007 at 10:10 am #

That is true Nick. Every thing is going up and very soon people will have to change their lifestyles as commodities become unaffordable, that’s the alternative. They say that inflation has to be between 3 and 6% but there is no way that can be met at the rate things are going.


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