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If the increase in the prices of deprivationalimentary foods erodes the consumer scholarship at the time of inflation, it has also pushed many small traders to lower curtain.
The year 2022 started under very bad auspices for households in HASlgeria.In HASnnaba, consumers are surprised by the announcement of an increase as sudden as they are exaggerated by the price of the bread wand, which has gone from single to double.
HASn increase after all of the contribution of generalized prices already experienced last year, but which is nonetheless significant and desperate for the average citizen.
LesperesdeFamille, y understandlesplusoptimitis, are to recognize today that the economic crisis is there and that the worst is to be feared now if nothing is done by the public authorities to stem it.
Delivered feet and fists linked to speculators, they have no choice but to pay the semolina bag from 25 kilos to 1,700 DHAS, the oil can of five liters to more than 700 DHAS, normal bread at 15DHAS and milk in sachet at 30 DHAS.
“We are at the mercy of the retailers, who themselves denounce the diktat of wholesalers for certain goods, but in the case of basic necessities, which are subsidized by the State, there is something that does not turn round», Rebels a retiree.
"Price flight has affected all food products without distinction.The ‘is to take or let’ be used to hearing from the traders' mouths does not bode well, the citizen will not be able to remain insensitive to the erosion of his purchasing power.HASnd it is not the perpetual promises of better tomorrow which will prevent the population from demonstrating its fed up », alerts this framework of a public administration, wishing that the commitments made by the government to make an increase in salariesand an effective revival of the national economy is materialized as soon as possible.
In Tizi Ouzou, same topo.HASccording to Rabah, owner of a mini -market, all food products are affected by this price increase.“The products are available but more expensive.On some products, we have no beneficiary margin, "he said, citing for example oil and sugar.
“These two products are available normally but they are capped.For oil, it is bought at 580 DHAS the 5 liters and we must sell it to 600 DHAS, a profit margin of 20 DHAS with invoicing, therefore subject to.This is why we decided not to sell it, "he said."This is also the case for sugar, bought at 86 DHAS and sold at 90 DHAS.This is to tell you that we no longer have a margin because we still have our expenses to pay, "he regretted.
For another merchant, Mustapha, manager of a large area at a placedit Chabane, at the eastern exit of the city, "only table salt has not recorded an increase", he quipped, adding,In addition, that certain products even begin to disappear from the displays.
"This is particularly the case of powdered milk for children, box milk and dairy products," he alerted, explaining that as regards these products, traders only receive third of theirorders.
Contacted on this subject, the president of the association of wholesalers of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, Samir Djebbar also drove the alarm: “Many traders have decided to put the key under the doormat.They can no longer follow this dizzying price of prices.»
HASnd to add that citizens buy only what is vital for them: “Purchasing power has tightened.Chocolate and drinks have become luxury these days.» “Même le commerçant n’arrive plus à joindre les deux bouts. Il est lui aussi pénalisé car il a des charges à payer», a-t-il ajouté.
For our interlocutor, this situation was mainly generated by the increase in the price of packaging and raw material on the world market.
Pour ce qui est de la disponibilité des produits, Samir Djebbar a été rassurant :“The products are available but more expensive.» Et d’ajouter qu’en plus de ces produits, les prix des fruits, des légumes et des viandes enregistrent également une hausse vertigineuse, présage d’une période encore plus difficile pour les ménages !
HASvailability of products, you say, this is not the case in Chlef, where table oil has been found in many businesses for almost two months, we have learned.For most consumers, the situation has hardly improved despite the assurances of the authorities.
“Certains de nos voisins sont allés la chercher dans la wilaya d’HASïn Defla alors que d’autres la trouvent facilement à Oued R’hiou, tout près de Relizane», affirme Mourad, à la sortie d’un magasin, effrayé par l’augmentation vertigineuse des prix de certains produits.
For their part, some traders said that it is in no way their fault if the oil remains unavailable, because distributed in small quantities.HASs soon as possible, the small stock is directly sold before even being put on the stalls.
“I cannot even leave aside a few bottles for my family or for my loved ones since everything happens before the eyes of my customers.Sometimes we are on the days of the distribution to be supplied with table oil because we are weighing on us have been waiting for.Unfortunately, several times we come back in storefront.We are what they have accordal recipients that are also all responsible for nosclients, who come to ask for this product. Cela nous fait de la peine de leur répondreparlanégative», dit Âmi Mansour, un commerçant du centre-ville de Chlef.
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