Question Are food prices going up in your area due to all the flooding

musicisgood said:

2. the price of fruits is where only the rich can buy it these days

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thomas said:

We had no floods in Kanto, but some commodity prices always fluctuate due to changes in demand and supply. If farmers have been affected by flooding in your area, it would not be unusual for produce to become more expensive.



That's always been the case, especially for peaches, grapes, melons, and cherries. Some fruits are simply luxury and often get stolen from farms and plantations.

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thomas said:

Fruit theft is common.

4,000 peaches worth a total of $19,000 reportedly stolen from central Japan orchards - The Mainichi

KOFU -- Some 4,000 peaches worth around 2 million yen (about $19,000) were stolen from an orchard before their harvest in this central Japan city betw

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100 kgs of cherries stolen from trees in Yamagata

About 100 kilograms of Japanese cherries, worth 500,000 yen, have been stolen from an orchard in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture. According to police, the Satonishiki brand cherries were stolen from 13 trees sometime between 3 p.m. Friday, when the grower, Seiji Okuyama, 66, last checked the...

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¥185,000 worth of cherries stolen from Yamagata farm

Police in Yamagata City are investigating the theft of 60 kilograms of high-grade cherries worth about 185,000 yen from a farm. According to police, the owner of the farm in the Urushiyama district of Yamagata, a man in his 70s, discovered the cherries had been stolen at around 11 a.m. on…

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