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With Hot Pot Season Just Around the Corner, Customers Are Hesitant to Buy: Cabbage Prices Are 1.7 Times Higher, Mizuna Prices Are 1.5 Times Higher, and Chicken Prices Are 30% Higher than Last Year. Producers Are Facing Rising Costs. (Oita Prefecture)
The hot pot season is fast approaching. However, the vegetables and chicken, essential ingredients for hot pot dishes, are currently experiencing soaring prices. Customers are bewildered by the successive price increases. We interviewed supermarkets and poultry farms in Oita Prefecture. "Yawara No. 3," a restaurant in the heart of Oita City, has a popular menu item during this time of year: a piping hot mizutaki (chicken hot pot) with a variety …
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The hot pot season is fast approaching. However, the vegetables and chicken, essential ingredients for hot pot dishes, are currently experiencing soaring prices. Customers are bewildered by the successive price increases. We interviewed supermarkets and poultry farms in Oita Prefecture. "Yawara No. 3," a restaurant in the heart of Oita City, has a popular menu item during this time of year: a piping hot mizutaki (chicken hot pot) with a variety …