Traders Express Displeasure With Continues Price Changes

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CEDI CRISIS

Some traders at the Tema station market on Friday expressed displeasure with the continues price changes of food commodities and said this is affecting the buying rate of customers..CEDI CRISIS

The traders in an interaction with Ghana News Agency blamed the situation on the current dollar depreciation.

Master Kwesi Twum, a trader said people could not comfortably enjoy tea or any other beverage without incurring so much cost thereby customers have left these commodities to stay on the store shelves.

He said the price of one Milo tin is selling at Gh?10.50 pesewas while the whole carton is going for Gh?126.00 and a tin of Ideal milk is selling at Gh?5.00 and the carton selling at Gh?150.00.

A carton of Oats is selling at Gh?80.00 while one tin is going for GH? 2.50 pesewas, a carton of cube sugar is going for GH? 54.00 and a carton of Lipton is selling at Gh?67.00 while one box is going for Gh?3.50 pesewas.

The price of commodities such as tomatoes suffer same fate with onion going up due to the shortage causing an olonka to be sold between GH? 15.00 and GH? 20.00 while an olonka of red pepper is selling at GH? 15.00 as the green goes for GH? 8.00.

Madam Ama Fosua a yam seller said four tubers of yam is selling at GH? 6.00. Tuna is selling between GH? 10.00 to GH? 25.00, while salmon is going for GH? 8.00 and GH? 15.00, per one.

 

 

GNA

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