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government raised its inflation forecast for next year to 2%. Year-end prices are also rising unexpectedly, but the prices of major chicken restaurants, which consumers are sensitive to, have risen all at once, and egg prices are showing signs of rising again in the aftermath of the spread of AI.
Correspondent Lee Hye-mi.
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bhc chicken decided to raise consumer prices by 7.8% starting next week.
This is the first price increase in 8 years.
The price per chicken rises by as much as 2,000 won, so some menu items cost about 20,000 won for chicken.
Kyochon Chicken, the industry leader, also raised its consumer price by 8.1% last month for the first time in seven years.
[Chicken store owner: The labor cost is quite high, so it is very burdensome in many cases. The price of raw and subsidiary materials has risen considerably.] The
price of bread sold at local supermarkets also rises.
SPC Samlip has decided to raise the wholesale prices of 22 products supplied to its agencies by an average of 8.2% from next year.
It's not just food prices that have risen.
A consumer who came to the mart to buy pork belly.
Instead of pork belly, use the front leg meat.
[Moon Boram/Consumer: In the past, I bought pork belly at the price of 2,000 won per 100 grams, but now it is close to 4,000 won... .]
Eggs are not cheap either.
As AI spreads around the Chungcheong region, it surpassed 6,000 won per plate.
The retail price of a single egg has risen by 12% compared to a year ago, a single Chinese cabbage is up 46.4%, and cucumber is up 43%.
[Supporting player/consumer: The price is very expensive, and even if you don't buy it, 50,000 won is the basic
price
.]
To curb the sharp rise in prices, the government is pushing for a plan to freeze utility bills such as electricity and gas rates.
In addition, we decided to intensively manage the prices of 17 items that are in high demand three weeks earlier than usual.
(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, VJ: Jung Min-goo)