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KUWAIT: Last month the Kuwait Times started a campaign to investigate the price changes of some basic commodities. Starting a month prior to Ramadan, the weekly campaign runs through June 2017.

The survey compares the prices per kilo of five different kinds of commodities sold at co-ops on a weekly basis. These items are the most popular, whose prices usually hike during Ramadan. This year we also added eggs, milk and frozen chicken to the earlier list of minced meat, chicken, tomatoes, lemons and cucumbers.

Comparing the price registered two weeks ago with the prices registered this week, we noticed a significant increase in the price of cucumber; by almost 300 percent. Meanwhile, he price of tomatoes increased by the double.

Kuwait Times will be monitoring the prices of these products to check if any increases occur until the middle of the holy month of Ramadan. Follow Kuwait Times next week to read our next report. Prices are the same in all co-ops for the same kind and brand of product, but may differ in other supermarkets. Also, co-ops hold weekly food festivals with discounts on fruits and vegetables.

By Nawara Fattahova