Basic foods increase in price

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The New Year has brought an increase in the prices of basic foods including eggs, plantains, bananas, cassava, potatoes, onions, peppers, cheese and milk. Poultry and other meats also experienced a 10% to 25% increase in some cases. Listin Diario reports that many of the increases are inevitable because of the effects of Tropical Storms Noel and Olga are still being felt. In the case of poultry, the rise is linked to an increase in prices of raw materials like corn, soy and fats. Some medicines have also gone up in price. Bread has also experienced an RD$2 rise per unit, equivalent to a 66.7% increase.

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