Khon Kaen, the price of palm oil goes up at 59 per bottle, the seller of fried bananas sucks! the main raw material Price has been adjusted since the end of last year. If it goes up 60, sales may have to be temporarily stopped.
At 11:00 a.m. on January 19, 2022, reporters went to the area to survey the distribution of various types of products after finding that there was a continuous increase in prices. and recently found that the price of palm oil The selling price has been adjusted up to 59 baht per bottle from a conversation with a fried banana shop on the edge of Ruen Ruen Road, Khon Kaen Municipality. It was found that it was greatly affected by the increase in palm oil prices.
Pongsak Sirikul, owner of a Khon Kaen fried banana shop, said the family has been selling fried bananas for more than 16 years. Now the main ingredients used in making fried bananas each day include flour, coconut, banana, potato and palm oil. Especially palm oil, which is the main raw material used for frying. which has been increasing the price since the end of last year
From 47 baht per bottle to 52 baht. Currently, the price is 59 baht per bottle. The shop uses palm oil to fry bananas about 7 bottles per day. It is equal that from the end of last year until now, the price of palm oil has increased. Up to 12 baht per bottle and is expected to increase the price further. And some weeks, the price of palm oil has been raised up to 2 times, which the shop still sells at the same price. But the quantity has been reduced, ie, originally sold 12 pieces for 20 baht, but now it’s reduced to 8 pieces for 20 baht.
which most customers understand in adjusting the sales of the shop Also, now the shop is harder to sell. As before, 3 o’clock in the afternoon, packed up to go home because everything was sold out. But these days, we have to sell until 5pm until it’s sold out. If the price of palm oil increases to 60 baht per bottle, the shop may decide to suspend sales temporarily to make up for it.
Mr. Pongsak added that As for the government’s announcement of approval of the budget of 1,480 million baht, the Ministry of Commerce has set up a point of selling cheap products for 3 months. insufficient to meet the needs of the people and can’t really help people who make a living And it is considered to help middlemen who have more investments. However, the said money may be sold at the actual controlled price. But if there is a hoarding of middlemen It will be sold as expensive as before.
“From many events that have happened, I don’t know how to leave it to the government. The government should allow other people to do better, if they can’t do it, don’t force it. It’s just that because the people who are in trouble are the people, the people who are comfortable are the middlemen. Like the lottery, 80 baht is just a word that is not true. Therefore, what we can do is to urgently and seriously find a way to help people. and see tangible results.”
