NewsWhore
06-16-2008, 04:50 PM
Retailers reported yesterday that the price of poultry has risen three times during the past week, going up RD$200 each time. Supplier warned retailers that beginning this Monday (today) the price would increase another RD$200 per hundredweight (HWT) of chicken. Last Saturday the price was RD$2,900 HWT. As Hoy newspaper reporters combed local marketplaces, they found that retailers were selling chickens at RD$42 a pound, and vendors in Villa Consuelo market told Aleida Plasencia that prices of RD$43 or RD$45 were not far off. Fortunately, the price of pork has remained stable, but beef went up RD$5 a pound during the week.
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