{"id":52807,"date":"2023-12-25T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/soaring-food-prices-limit-christmas-meals"},"modified":"2023-12-25T21:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:20:49","slug":"soaring-food-prices-limit-christmas-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/soaring-food-prices-limit-christmas-meals","title":{"rendered":"Soaring food prices limit Christmas meals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>De\u0301rcia Saugineta, a housewife, is going to reduce the menu she has planned for Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve in the face of rising prices at the market in Maputo, where she was only able to buy onions and potatoes, like many Mozambican families.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, I haven\u2019t bought oil and broth yet, but the money left over here will only be enough for chapa [transport]. I only bought potatoes and onions, the other things I wanted here I can\u2019t afford,\u201d this Mozambican woman told Lusa as she left the Zimpeto wholesale market, regretting that she had wanted to buy more, but only had the money left to take the transport home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are very expensive now,\u201d complained the 23-year-old housewife, saying that she won\u2019t be able to cook some dishes for Christmas because she couldn\u2019t buy the ingredients.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I won\u2019t be able to prepare [some meals] because I can\u2019t, because of the money,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the market frenzy, characteristic of the season, housewives are running around the market with empty plastic bags, looking for lower prices on potatoes and onions, the most sought-after products.<\/p>\n

As they go back and forth with pen and shopping list in hand, the women are intercepted by the sellers, who warn them that the price is the same everywhere.<\/p>\n

A sack of onions used to sell for between 150 meticais (\u20ac2.10) and 190 meticais (\u20ac2.70), but now it costs 290 meticais (\u20ac4.10), and the same goes for a sack of potatoes, which used to sell for 300 meticais (\u20ac4.27) and is now around 390 meticais (\u20ac5.50), but could be as high as 500 meticais (\u20ac7.12).<\/p>\n

Adelina Tembe already knows that prices go up during the festive season, so she rushed to the Zimpeto wholesale market but arrived late because \u201call the prices have skyrocketed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrices have gone up. They\u2019ve already gone up. I even got ahead of myself because I\u2019d come to do my Christmas shopping, fearing this price rise, but potatoes and onions have already gone up,\u201d said this housewife shortly after finishing her shopping for the festive season.<\/p>\n

Despite being surprised by the prices, Adelina Tembe at least managed to buy \u201cthe basics and essentials\u201d for her Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations.<\/p>\n

Having been selling in the market for almost 20 years, Mo\u0301nica Macua\u0301cua, who is also a housewife, warns that this is only the beginning of the \u201csaga\u201d, because in two or three days prices will rise again, a situation she believes has worsened in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year is very difficult (…) it\u2019s not like previous years,\u201d she emphasised, adding that prices are \u201cvery alarming\u201d and \u201crising daily\u201d, said Mo\u0301nica Macua\u0301cua, inside her carrot and sweet potato stall, displayed in a busy aisle of the market.<\/p>\n

According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), Mozambique \u201cregistered a rise in the general price level of around 5.36%\u201d over the 12 months to November, influenced by food. In the space of one month alone, compared to October, prices in Mozambique rose by 1.17% due to the increase in food and drink costs, INE said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrices are still going to go up. They\u2019re still going to skyrocket,\u201d said Isai\u0301as Ismael, a potato and onion seller in the wholesale market, saying that customers are complaining and have opted to buy only half the bag in order to \u201cmanage the bills\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. 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