Easter table: olive oil up 105.9 per cent
Olive oil has gone up a whopping 105.9 per cent since last Easter, the Consumer Protection Service said on Monday reporting on “significant price increases” for essential Easter items.
The service’...
North butchers introduce ‘service fee’ to sidestep price controls
Butchers in the north have introduced a “service fee” for their customers to sidestep price controls introduced by the ‘government’ for the retail price of lamb.
The north’s ‘government’ ...
North implements price control for lamb
The north’s ‘government’ on Wednesday night announced the implementation of price controls for lamb.
Lamb in the north will now be sold for no more than 550TL (€15.89) per kilogram, ...
Less lamb, more pork but meat consumption steady
The hike in the price of meat this year has pushed Cypriots to shun the usual Easter lamb and turn more to pork, which comes in around half the price ...
Price of Easter foodstuffs up across the board
The consumer protection service recorded significant increases in the price of key easter foodstuffs, with lamb up by 25 per cent.
In what is by now a familiar trend, the consumer ...
Lamb price increase ‘a crisis’
It’s just 25 days until Easter and the big family feast but the head of the butchers’ association has warned that prices are up by about two to three euros ...