Towards Christmas and New Year Food Prices in Probolinggo Begin to Soar
Channel Rakyat . Although the Christmas and New Year celebrations are still lacking in about 3 weeks, the prices of some vegetables in Pasar Baru, Probolinggo City begin to crawl up. Vegetable commodities whose prices are observed to rise include, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, pring onions. The average price increase alone is Rp. 3 thousand to Rp. 10 thousand per kilogram. For carrots, the price is currently at Rp. 18 thousand per kilogram, up from the previous Rp. 8 thousand per kilogram. Cabbage rises to IDR 15 per kilogram, from the previous IDR 10 per kilogram As well as tomatoes amounting to Rp 6 thousand per kilogram, up from the previous Rp 2 thousand per kilogram. Pring Onion is Rp. 12 thousand per kilogram, up from Rp. 8 thousand per kilogram, and potatoes amounting to Rp. 12 thousand per kilogram from Rp. 10,000 per kilogram. One of the vegetable traders, Hariyah (37) said that the increase in prices had occurred since the commemoration of the Birthday of the Prophet and conti...