Chinanews.com, September 8th. According to the US "World Journal" report, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. Chinese supermarkets in New York City have seen moon cakes being sold everywhere. The inflation caused by the epidemic has caused moon cakes to sell more than before, but Chinese people The enthusiasm for buying is still high.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for Chinese people to reunite. Many families also have the tradition of enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes, or giving each other moon cakes to pass on blessings. The most conspicuous prices of various supermarkets have also begun to put a dazzling array of moon cakes.
The New World Supermarket on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn has been selling very hot mooncakes recently. When Ms. Lin went to the supermarket to shop on the 6th, she bought three boxes of mooncakes.
She said that one of the boxes will mainly be tasted for her family, especially to let her children born in the United States understand the traditional Chinese culture, and the other two boxes are planned to be given to friends.
Ms. Mai, who lives in Sheepshead Bay, has been busy ordering mooncakes these days. She pointed out that her friends work in other places. There are not many local Chinese. It is very difficult to buy mooncakes and the items are not as good as New York. Therefore, she entrusted her to buy 20 boxes of mooncakes. Used as a holiday gift.
Ms. Mai said that although moon cakes can also be purchased online, friends really like the moon cakes that are made and sold in New York City Bakery. They feel that these moon cakes are fresh enough, and they maintain the traditional flavor and have more flavors.
Ms. Mai said that the current nationwide inflation is severe, and the mooncakes are sold at a significantly higher price than before. “In the past, a box of mooncakes was only $20. This year, a box has risen to $25. The packaging box has to be charged separately, and the store said there is no profit.”
In addition, Mr. Jiang, who is engaged in food foreign trade, also said that this year’s moon cake import business is too difficult to do. He said that some well-known moon cakes such as Maxim’s have been very popular in the past years. Although the people are still enthusiastic about moon cakes this year, it is caused by the huge increase in freight and other expenses. Profits have been greatly reduced. In the past, customers have also reduced the number of purchases due to price changes, and are afraid that sales will decrease due to higher prices.
(Huang Yiyi)