The news of the increase in sunflower oils caused many people to flock to the markets and create a stampede. So what’s the reason for all this? Let’s see together…
Unfortunately, rising food prices continue to hurt with the increase in inflation. Food prices caused reactions on social media after discounts were not reflected in the label price in many chain markets. According to the new regulation, discounts will be made based on the lowest price of the products in the last 30 days, not the previous price. With this label arrangement, the Ministry of Commerce aims to close the era of ‘discount first, then overlay’.
You may remember that in the past months, we saw that people flocked to the markets with the spread of the price hike news and that the markets imposed restrictions on sunflower oil sales in order to protect their stocks. A similar situation occurred again today.
The hike in oil prices caused a stampede
The Vegetable Oil Manufacturers’ Association announced that the oil stocks in our country decreased due to the fact that 15 ships belonging to Turkey were not allowed to pass through the Sea of Azov due to the tension between Russia and Ukraine, and that while the situation was like this, we had oil left until mid-April. Unfortunately, this has caused oil prices to increase significantly.
With the spread of the news that oil prices had increased, many people flocked to the markets. Many people, old, young and child, want to buy sunflower oil before the hike. created a confluence in the markets. Some social media users say that the price of the oil they buy is on the label. It is 130 TL, but it was 190 TL at the checkout. and expressed his reactions. Some are market workers. they store sunflower oil shared the images. After these images, which drew reaction on all social media, no explanation has been received from the markets yet, but it is clear that this situation is reflected in the prices very clearly.
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Before sharing the images with you, we should say that; It is not surprising that the products are moved to the warehouse due to the price hikes in the markets and corporate companies during the day. Changing the prices in the market on a busy day is quite difficult if there is no staff available to do this job. For this reason, markets take the products to their warehouses, After the label change, it is offered for sale again. it could be. We can think that they did this to prevent us from seeing the difference between the sticker price and the price on the receipt. We hope that this problem will be resolved as soon as possible and we can share with you the news of discounts on oil prices in the near future.