{"id":1053,"date":"2024-12-09T03:34:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/cypriots-shocked-by-potato-prices\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T03:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:34:42","slug":"cypriots-shocked-by-potato-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/cypriots-shocked-by-potato-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Cypriots shocked by potato prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1255718\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Patates-320x200.jpg?v=1709064796\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Patates.jpg?v=1709064796\" alt=\"Cypriots shocked by potato prices\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Patates-960x600.jpg?v=1709064796\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Potatoes have become the talk of the town in Cyprus, but not for the usual reasons. The price of this staple food has seen a dramatic rise, and it\u2019s causing some serious stir \u2013 especially in the occupied areas, where people are lining up at \u201cagricultural institute\u201d outlets to grab cheaper potatoes imported from Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest Consumer Price Index data from the Cyprus Consumer Association, potatoes saw the sharpest price jump in November. Compared to October, the price of potatoes rose by an eye-watering 30.61%. And it\u2019s not just a short-term spike \u2013 compared to November 2023, prices have shot up by 57.21%. This price increase has left many people scrambling to find affordable options, leading to queues at the limited outlets offering discounted potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>In the occupied areas, the price of locally available potatoes had surged to 100 Turkish lira (around \u20ac2.73) per kilo, prompting some restaurants to remove potatoes from their menus entirely. To combat the growing issue, the \u201cauthorities\u201d in the occupied areas announced that potatoes would be imported from Turkey. The first shipment arrived recently, and people are flocking to outlets where potatoes are selling for a much more affordable 26 TL per kilo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1255718\/cypriots-shocked-by-potato-prices\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potatoes have become the talk of the town in Cyprus, but not for the usual reasons. The price of this staple food has seen a dramatic rise, and it\u2019s causing some serious stir \u2013 especially in the occupied areas, where people are lining up at \u201cagricultural institute\u201d outlets to grab cheaper potatoes imported from Turkey. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Cypriots shocked by potato prices\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/cypriots-shocked-by-potato-prices\/#more-1053\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cypriots shocked by potato prices\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Patates-960x600.jpg?v=1709064796","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}