Food is abundant and prices are stable after Tet.

Food prices are relatively stable.

According to a survey by reporters from the Industry and Trade Newspaper, at traditional markets such as Nhan Chinh (Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi ), Phung Khoang (Ha Dong district), Thanh Cong market (Dong Da district), Cong Vi market (Ba Dinh district), etc., prices of essential goods such as vegetables, fresh meat, and seafood only increased slightly in the days leading up to Tet. After Tet, when people's shopping needs returned to normal, basic prices remained stable.

At Nhan Chinh market (Thanh Xuan district), prices of food items have generally stabilized again.

According to traders at Nhan Chinh market, trading activities at the beginning of the new year have not been bustling. The items people choose to buy are mainly fresh food, green vegetables, fresh fruits and offerings for the New Year's worship...

Compared to the time before Tet, prices of goods are now quickly stabilizing; while in previous years, prices often increased and remained for quite a long time.

Food prices do not fluctuate much after Tet

Currently, the price of pork ranges from 110,000 - 150,000 VND/kg; beef from 250,000 - 280,000 VND/kg; ready-made industrial chicken from 70,000 - 90,000 VND/kg; shrimp from 150,000 - 330,000 VND/kg; the price of chicken and duck eggs ranges from 27,000 - 32,000 VND/dozen...

Fish is also a fresh food item chosen by many consumers. Specifically, white carp is 80,000 - 90,000 VND/kg, black carp is 120,000 - 150,000 VND/kg, common carp is 75,000 - 85,000 VND/kg.

Fresh foods such as fish and shrimp are sold by traders at the market.

As for green vegetables, if the price of this item increased by 30 - 50% in the same period last month, it has now almost "cooled down". Specifically, vegetables such as sweet cabbage, chip cabbage, green cabbage... fluctuate from 15,000 - 25,000 VND/kg; tomatoes from 20,000 VND/kg; potatoes 12,000 VND - 18,000 VND/kg; Dalat lettuce 50,000 - 60,000 VND/kg; chrysanthemum greens from 8,000 - 10,000 VND/bunch; celery 10,000 - 15,000 VND/bunch...

"I started selling vegetables on the afternoon of the second day of Tet. Generally, vegetable prices increased slightly by about 10-15% in the two days after Tet, but from the fifth day, vegetable prices returned to normal," said Ms. Yen, a vendor at Nhan Chinh market.

Most customers mainly buy food, especially vegetables, beef, seafood... for daily meals.

Many promotional programs to stimulate demand

General observations at supermarkets such as WinMart, Big C, Go!, Co.op Mart, AEON… show that prices in supermarkets are stable until after Tet. Many supermarkets even launch attractive promotional programs.

Customers shop for goods in the first days of the year at Winmart supermarket

Officially reopening from the 4th day of Tet, WinMart supermarket chain launched a brilliant spring opening program with more than 300 super cheap products, along with promotional programs of buy 1 get 1 free, buy 2 get 1 free and thousands of attractive gifts as lucky money for customers shopping at the beginning of the new year.

Central Retail's GO! and Big C supermarket systems nationwide apply the "Always Low Prices" program; discounts of over 30% on a series of essential consumer products, committed to always stabilizing prices, giving customers the opportunity to shop comfortably and economically.

At Co.op Mart supermarket system from now until February 28, the program "Picking up golden fortune for the whole year" is organized with more than 10,000 lucky red envelopes, 1,000,000 bonus points and more than 1,000 discounted items.

Specifically, customers who shop at Co.op Mart in the first days of the year worth over 500,000 VND will be given lucky money, which is a shopping voucher worth up to 100,000 VND. With the Lucky Dice program, from now until February 25th: Customers with shopping bills from 400,000 VND during golden hours will receive attractive gifts.

Supermarkets reduce prices of many items to stimulate consumer demand.

Director of Co.op Mart Ha Dong supermarket Nguyen Thi Kim Dung said that during the 8 weeks of Tet business, the entire distribution system of Saigon Co.op including Co.opmart, Co.opXtra, Co.op Food, Co.op Smile, Cheers, Finelife, Sense City, SenseMarket welcomed more than 20 million visitors to visit and shop.

"The promotional programs being implemented at supermarkets give consumers the choice to save money on shopping during the first days of spring and the new year, while also stimulating consumption," said Ms. Dung.

According to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, during the Giap Thin Tet holiday, there were over 1,300 points of sale open from the first to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and retail systems operated normally. This has contributed to limiting people's hoarding of goods. However, after Tet, consumer demand in the market has not increased much. The most consumed items are still mainly food, especially vegetables, beef, seafood, etc.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/ha-noi-thuc-pham-doi-dao-gia-ca-on-dinh-sau-tet-nguyen-dan-304135.html