Kasuwannin kayayyakin masarufi sun yi tashin gwauron zabo, farashin alkama ya kai matsayin da ba a taba gani ba, sannan farashin kayan abinci ya tashi. "Duk da haka ƙanƙara mai ƙasƙantar da kai - kayan abinci da ake nomawa a ƙofar gidanmu - har yanzu yana da arha kuma yana da yawa," in ji Sarah Chambers a cikin labarin labarai don East Anglian Daily Times.
Duk da wannan, kuma ban da ɗan ɗanɗana murmurewa yayin bala'in, an sami raguwar raguwar yawan amfani da dankalin turawa a Burtaniya. Halin da ake ciki bai nuna alamar canji ba - duk da roka da aka yi a bana abinci farashin. A halin yanzu sauran - sau da yawa ana shigo da su - carbohydrates kamar taliya da shinkafa sun girma cikin shahara.
Wani abin ban mamaki a lokacin tashin hankali da fargabar karancin abinci shi ne, yayin da farashin amfanin gona na hatsi da na man girki ke bi ta rufin asiri, da kyar farashin kayan lambu na gida ya canza. Noman dankalin turawa na Gabashin Anglian na bana yana da kyau sosai. Amma farashin ya yi ƙasa - abin da ya sa wasu amfanin gonakin manoma ba su da tattalin arziki.
Wannan saboda dalilai masu rikitarwa iri-iri ne na kasuwa, in ji James Wrinch, manajan Daraktan Gabashin Suffolk Produce, ƙungiyar manoma da ke samar da ton 50,000 na kayan abinci da tan 5,000 na dankalin iri a kusa da gabar gabashin Suffolk da Essex.