What should I do if vegetable prices rise during the epidemic? Can I report the rise in vegetable prices during the epidemic?

During the epidemic, have you noticed that the prices of vegetables purchased in supermarkets are relatively high? This is a normal phenomenon and cannot be reported. The entire Hubei Province is currently under lockdown, and the community is also closed. No one can go out to buy vegetables. They can only buy set meals through online supermarket group purchases or ask people in the community to help buy them together. At this time, the labor cost will increase, so the price of vegetables will be a little more expensive than before.

What to do if vegetable prices rise during the epidemic

Vegetable prices will increase during the epidemic because labor costs will increase during the epidemic.

Due to the pneumonia, many transportation companies have not started operating. Now is a special period, and the vegetables that can be transported are less, which naturally leads to a slight increase in vegetable prices. In addition, many people are unwilling to work during this period, which leads to an increase in labor costs.

Can I report the increase in vegetable prices during the epidemic?

During the epidemic, if you find that live poultry is still being slaughtered in the market, the price of masks is skyrocketing, and vendors are raising vegetable prices, etc., please call the market supervision phone number: 12315.

However, as of now, the prices of vegetable supplies in various places are within a reasonable range. Some businesses that previously raised prices arbitrarily have been dealt with. I believe that major supermarkets will no longer raise prices during the epidemic.

Reasons for the rise in vegetable prices during the epidemic

The surge in vegetable prices is mainly caused by short-term imbalance between supply and demand. Short-term purchasing demand has skyrocketed, while short-term supply cannot keep up in time.

In anticipation of disasters, people stock up on things. In the short term, people usually buy food once a day, but now they want to stock up for half a year. Food cannot be stored for that long, so it is not uncommon to buy enough for three to five days or a week. As a result, the purchasing demand has increased by 3-7 times (roughly speaking, mainly to describe the short-term surge in demand caused by panicked people)

In terms of supply, I believe that even if the traffic is blocked or even the city is closed, it will not affect the supply lines of daily necessities, but it is impossible to make the supply meet the doubling demand.

Therefore, the rise in vegetable prices is inevitable. In the long run, as long as the epidemic has no impact on vegetable fields and the increase in transportation costs can be controlled, vegetable prices will gradually go down.

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