Oh tomatoe and rice what a price!
@cacay1 (83505)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
August 30, 2023 7:07am CST
What's happening in my place, the prices of tomatoes and rice soar like crazy. Every Monday is market day in my location. I went there alone. I bought spices, vegetables and fruits. I told the vendor I'll buy 1 kilo tomatoes and when I asked how much, she said 150 pesos or $3. I was so shocked because the other week the price was only P55 pesos or $ 1 USD. I paid and left but my sister texted me. She wanted me to buy 25 kilos sticky rice. I proceeded to the area to buy but there's no single buyer. And then I got the answer. People were scared of the price of rice per kilo. The other week it was P44 pesos now P62
. But I don't have choice but to buy 25 kilos.
People blamed our new President for during the election he promised to reduce the price of rice to P 20 and it never happened and the worst is yet to come. . This is one effect of inflation. Thank you guys.
. But I don't have choice but to buy 25 kilos.
People blamed our new President for during the election he promised to reduce the price of rice to P 20 and it never happened and the worst is yet to come. . This is one effect of inflation. Thank you guys.16 people like this
19 responses
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
30 Aug 23
Everywhere in the world, prices are going up. No one person can control the prices if it's affecting international business as well. However, locally, what they can do is support and promote sustainable livelihood, and possibly look into matching wages with cost of living.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@MarieCoyle , yes the world suffers inflation and what to do is save or live in frugality hehehe. I use only one tomato, but my sister cuts it twice and keeps the half
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@MarieCoyle (37570)
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31 Aug 23
Everyone is going to have to put on their thinking caps and use alternatives, and cook as economically as they can. It can be done, and it can still taste just fine. Just take some creative thinking.
As you say, prices are up all over the world, not just in one country.
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@writerjo (2540)
• India
30 Aug 23
Shocked to read your discussion about tomotoes & rice price are high
You know in India Tomotoes Per kg price was nearly 200 Rupees ( 2.5 Dollars ) higher when compared to Apple
But it's price came down to 40 rs per kg
These are the symptoms of inflation as you said
The World should concentrate more in cultivation
Come days there will be large price hikes & demands
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Glad to hear from you that you have started a smart work 
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
31 Aug 23
For the price of the tomatoes, I think it is because it's not yet in season. And about the rice, have you seen the news about rice warehouses that were raided? I think the traders are keeping those to make the rice prices higher.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@brokenbee, I don't know about tomatoes. The one I bought were small in sizes and there were only 3 sellers. Dunno where the tomatoes are. This month is supposed to be harvest month.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@brokenbee and that raid just happened recently it should have been all the time inspection. And the price of rice rename high. It should be lowered. Some people here are forced to buy corn.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
31 Aug 23
@cacay1 They are still investigating if these are smuggled... i hope they can sort this out soon.. From sugar, to onions to rice... Hmmmm then tomatoes... What's next? Blame it to the smugglers and hoarders...
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Aug 23
Since we have our food business we buy in bulk and we save on wholesale purchase. We also use some alternatives like we use tomato paste instead of fresh tomatoes.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@florelway, that's good thing to do because you have food business. We just buy by kilo weekly. We prefer fresh tomatoes for salad.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Sep 23
@florelway we wash before chopping them.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Sep 23
@cacay1 Tomatoes have so much pesticides, make sure you wash them thoroughly with salt. Our cook prefers using tomato paste while I prefer fresh tomatoes and marched with fried fish.
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
31 Aug 23
That sounds like the same story everywhere. It is hard to afford to live.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@GardenGerty , that is right, it has become a hot topic this time anywhere in the world.
@wolfgirl569 (106397)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Aug 23
@cacay1 I didn't plant very much this year
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@wolfgirl569 , many didn't plan too. We do not know that everything gets expensive this year.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@wolfgirl569, it seems and that's became of inflation. But you have veggie and tomatoe garden.
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@freelancermariagrace (28050)
• Philippines
31 Aug 23
Everything is getting more expensive these days because of the inflation.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@freelancermariagrace yes, so true. We need more jobs this time offline and online jobs, fighting 
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Sep 23
@freelancermariagrace , Aja !!!
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
30 Aug 23
Tomato prices are slowing coming back to its original price
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@Butterfingers, hoping ours here too soon.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@Butterfingers yeah hoping, let us not lose hope.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
31 Aug 23
As per news tomatoes are cheaper now here but when we got 1 kg last week at that time it was $1 for 1kg
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Sep 23
@Butterfingers, there are no tomatoes sold here this time hoping there will be on Monday, market day.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
31 Aug 23
We had that issue with tomatoes here as well but now they have brought it down so low that the farmers are now crying
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@allknowing nah, the farmers are exploited pitiful.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@RebeccasFarm yes, everything here is getting higher. We solved our problems by planting tomatoes, garlic, onions, a ginger at home. Few days from we will have backup at least.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
31 Aug 23
@Kandae11, I may not buy tomatoes next week because we're told no tomatoes will be sold. It's because of the storm here that devastates properties in Luzon areas. In my location in Mindanao only very few farmers can subsidise
I may not buy tomatoes next week because we're told no tomatoes will be sold. It's because of the storm here that devastates properties in Luzon areas. In my location in Mindanao only very few farmers can subsidise 1 person likes this
