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report from still nearly a month from the Dragon Boat Festival, Beijing have floated up zongzi fragrance. All major supermarkets, cake shops the dumplings in bulk and offer up a prominent position a gift, reporters found that due to the rise in production costs, zongzi prices this year to be more expensive than last year, Mr rose 15%~20%, even to more than 30% of individual brands, supermarket of less than $ 10 a pound zongzi are difficult to find.

in a supermarket in East third ring, the reporters saw is used to display a row counter zongzi. Among them, dumplings, frozen dumplings and rice dumplings in bulk gift box to become a sales team. Although nearly a month before the Festival, but judging from the supermarket zongzi posture, the zongzi manufacturers have started seizing market early. Supermarket dumplings before counters, Dragon Boat Festival dumplings posters hang up, supermarket staff told reporters that the Cabinet on these dumplings are these two geniuses, bulk dumplings sold a dozen a day, because the period of time before the Festival, this two-day sale is unsatisfactory.

reporter noted that sell dumplings on the counter into gift packaging, and general packing two categories. Gift package prices range from hundreds to more than 40 million Yuan, even up to more than 200 million of the most expensive. According to the last year and found wufangzhai zongzi comparison price list a gift this year, compared with the same gift box price significantly. 75 g 4 a box of wind and gift box on sale at $ 20 last year, turned to the $ 28 this year, rose $ 8. 140 g 10 taste by a gift of only $ 98 to $ 118 per cent last year, up to 20% per cent. Wufangzhai Hangzhou branch customer service said yesterday that the dumplings did the price, "gift box rose $ 10 to $ 20 per cent, General meat dumplings a bag (two only) rising from $ 7.5 to $ 9, basically a zongzi rising at least five hairs. "

" dumplings on very expensive last year, did not expect this year than last year are expensive. "A customer no choice but to purchase zongzi said. From the beginning of last year, Dragon Boat Festival dumplings before prices have been rising prices. Promotional staff revealed that, this year's dumplings 20% about higher prices than last year as a whole. Dumplings are the main reasons that the price of rice, sugar, red dates and other raw materials prices rose sharply. For example, glutinous rice price is $ 2.5/kg over the same period last year, this year has risen to $ 3.3 and the price of white sugar is about more than 7,000 yuan per ton last year, is around 80% per cent this year. Coupled with the human cost of the increase, zongzi prices are inevitable.

according to one specialist sales brands zongzi gift box of Mr Wang introduced, hot dumplings has not really started this year, but the price has gone with rising production costs, he can only look for enterprise customers to sell, "compared with last year, rice dumplings to rise the price of 15% per cent this year, I sell dumplings gift box price ranged from $ 39 to $ 199, obvious rise in price. "

it is understood, Daoxiang rice dumplings has first to be listed. Tao Heung Village in Beijing this year will supply of 1500 tons of zongzi Dragon Boat Festival market, increased last year by 55% over. At the same time, because of rising raw materials, bulk sales of Chinese jujube, red bean paste zongzi this year from last year each bag (2) from $ 6 up to $ 8, egg yolks fresh meat dumplings from $ 8 up to $ 10 per bag. Beijing Tao Heung Village food company Executive Deputy General Manager Chi Xiangdong said, this year dumplings ingredient price, and artificial labour, and transport costs General raised, glutinous rice price by 5.9 Yuan/kg rose to 6.8 Yuan/kg, sugar by 5.7 Yuan/kg rose for 7.7 Yuan/kg, small jujube by 14.4 Yuan/kg rose to 20 Yuan/kg, duck eggs yellow, and Liren, and dates are has near 20% of gains, and Lily gains up to 50%.