Prices of essential kitchen items, especially cooking oil/ghee, spices, pulses, sugar, cooked food, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), have again witnessed an increase during this week past as compared to previous week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.
The survey observed that the ghee/cooking oil prices have further increased as good quality cooking oil/ghee price went up from Rs 1,125 per 5 litres/kg to Rs 1,175 per 5 litres/kg and normal quality cooking oil/ghee like Phool price went up from Rs 160 per litre to Rs 170 per litre/kg. Sugar price went up from Rs 3,520 per 50 kg bag to Rs 3,670 per 50 kg bag. Good quality ghee/cooking oil like Dalda was available at Rs 225 per kg/litre against Rs 210 per kg/litre, liquefied petroleum gas prices also witnessed an increase as one kg LPG was available at Rs 150 per kg against Rs 145 per kg.
Prices of all the pulses also increased during this week past as fine quality white lentil (Maash) was available at Rs 210 per kg against Rs 200 per kg while its normal quality was being sold at Rs 170-180 per kg against Rs 160-170 per kg; good quality grams at Rs 210 per kg against Rs 200 per kg and normal quality grams at Rs 170 per kg against Rs 160 per kg; kidney bean (Lobia) was available in the range of Rs 140-180 per kg against Rs 130-170 per kg; green gram (Moong) at Rs 165 per kg against Rs 155; and red lentil (Masoor) was available at Rs 170 per kg against Rs 160 per kg.
Cooked food prices on all the hotels have witnessed an increase as a normal cooked daal/vegetable plate was available at Rs 120 per plate against Rs 90 per plate, while cooked chicken and Qeema plate was available at Rs 175 per plate against Rs 150 per plate.
Traders told this correspondent that in October 2018 a 20kg bag of wheat flour was costing Rs 660 per bag which now has touched Rs 870 per bag, adding that normal quality rice was available at Rs 65 per kg in October 2018 which now costs Rs 100 per kg.
Prices of all the packed spices like Shan, Dewan and National have also been increased from Rs 65 per pack to Rs 70 per pack. Moreover, all the soft drinks including Pepsi and Coke prices have also been increased as 1.5 litre chilled Pepsi was available at Rs 100 per bottle against Rs 85 per bottle.
Prices of Lipton Yellow Label tea, powdered milk like Nido, Everyday and Nestle Bunyad, detergents including Ariel Surf, Brite and Surf Excel, Dettol liquid family pack, raw salt and refined iodized salt, fresh milk and yogurt increased during past week. Moreover, prices of entire range of packed juices, Olper, Milk Pack and others also increased during the week under review.
Egg price went up from Rs 92 per dozen to Rs 95 per dozen which in retail was being sold at Rs 108 per dozen against Rs 105 per dozen, chicken price went down from Rs 5,800 per 40 kg to Rs 5,600 per 40 kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 150-155 per kg against Rs 160 per kg while chicken meat was being sold at Rs 230 per kg against Rs 240 per kg.
Onion price went down from Rs 250 per 5kg to Rs 230 per 5 kg which was being sold at Rs 55 per kg against Rs 60-65 per kg in retail market, tomatoes price went up from Rs 250 to Rs 275 per 5kg which were being sold at 70 per kg against Rs 65 per kg and potatoes' price remained stable at Rs 150 per 5 kg which were being sold at Rs 45 per kg.
Local garlic price went down from Rs 1,000 to Rs 850 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 275 per kg against Rs 300 per kg and ginger price went up from Rs 1,250 per 5kg to Rs 1,300 per 5 kg which was being sold at Rs 330 per kg against Rs 320. Lemon price went down from Rs 600 per 5kg to Rs 550 per 5kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 140 per kg against Rs 150 per kg.
Bean price went down from Rs 400 per 5kg to Rs 350 per 5kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 85 per kg against Rs 95-100 per kg, Tinda price remained stable at Rs 325 per 5 kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 80-85 per kg, peas price remained unchanged at Rs 550 which were being sold at Rs 140 per kg; and brinjal price also remained unchanged at Rs 300 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 85-90 per kg. Turnip price went down from Rs 280 per 5kg to Rs 200 per 5kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 50-55 per kg against Rs 75-80 per kg, yam price remained stable at Rs 350 per 5kg which in retail market was being sold at Rs 85 per kg.
Capsicum price went up from Rs 250 per 5kg to Rs 300 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 75 per kg against Rs 65 per kg; cucumber price remained stable at Rs 120 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 40 per kg; cauliflower price remained stable at Rs 225 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 60 per kg; and cabbage price remained stable at Rs 130 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 40 per kg. Pumpkin price remained stable at Rs 300 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 80 per kg; okra price went down from Rs 200 per 5kg to Rs 160 per 5 kg which was being sold at Rs 45 per kg against Rs 50 per kg; karela price went down from Rs 300 to Rs 200 per 5kg which was being sold at Rs 50 per kg against Rs 75 per kg.
Fruit prices during the week under review witnessed a mixed trend as Gaja apple was available at Rs 90 per kg against Rs 140 per kg, Iranian Kala Kolo apple at Rs 220 per kg, good quality local banana was being sold Rs 80 per dozen against Rs 100 per dozen while normal quality banana was being sold in the range of Rs 50-60 per dozen against Rs 60-70 per dozen. Various kinds of mangoes were being sold in the range of Rs 75 per kg to Rs 150 per kg and various qualities of peaches were available in the range of Rs 75-150 per kg. Pear was being sold at Rs 90 per kg against Rs 80 per kg and grapes were being sold in the range of Rs 100-200 per kg.
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