Pepper "exerts extravagance", the public talks about buying

“This chili is also very expensive and can’t afford it. It is estimated that the price will have to rise by the end of the New Year!” On the morning of January 15, Ms. Wang, who bought vegetables at the Danyang vegetable market in Heze, said with excitement when she chose peppers. Recently, on the market in Heze, the price of hot peppers has spurred a rise in prices. From a month ago, the price of 2-3 yuan per jin rose to the current price of 5-7 yuan. Many people buy chili peppers from the original argument. Buy.

In the Danyang Vegetable Market, green peppers costing 5 yuan per catty attracted a lot of customers. A female citizen told the reporter, “I transferred several vegetable stalls and found that each catty was more than 5 yuan, only this one was the cheapest. Before New Year’s Day, only a pound was two five, and now it has risen to five, letting Nobody eats!"

Before a vegetable stall on Gaoping Road, many people complained that chili was too expensive. A woman picked three green peppers and actually spent two pieces of six cents. "Never bought such expensive chilies. It is too expensive. You can't afford to buy one."

“You are too far off the mark, and wait for some time to lower your prices and buy more.” Mr. Huang Lao, who lives in the neighborhood of 22 in Peony District, said that he rarely buys peppers recently, but buys vegetables that are priced at less than RMB 5.

“Chillies have risen so badly that they took nearly 500 yuan for two sachets when they were purchased.” said Danyang Vegetable Market owner. Mr. Dong, a vegetable marketer, introduced that the retail price of green peppers was 2 yuan per kilogram a month ago, but it was only 3 yuan when you were expensive. Now it has more than doubled. Reporters visited the urban food market and supermarkets and discovered that the price of chili peppers is usually 6 yuan per Jin, even lower is 5 yuan, and the highest is 7 yuan.

Why is chili so expensive? Mr. Dong, a vegetable trader, introduced that most of the peppers on the Heze market were brought in from outside the country. Due to the anti-season vegetables, coupled with high freight and labor costs, the price was naturally low. Mr. Dong predicts that if there is rain and snow weather in the near future, the supply of vegetables in the market will decrease, the market demand will increase around the Spring Festival, and the prices of various vegetables including pepper may continue to rise.