Published 06 Apr,2021 via Asharq Alawsat (English Edition) - The Movement of Secondary Contractors called Monday on Lebanese people to boycott supermarkets for a whole week in an effort to limit the astronomical rise in prices of products and the manipulation of their expiry dates.
Lebanon has witnessed a dramatic collapse of its currency, which has lost about 90 percent of its value against the dollar since late 2019. The devaluation has led to skyrocketing food prices by around 400 percent and mounting poverty as people could no longer afford to buy basic goods.
In a statement Monday, the movement called on teachers, contractors, students and all residents “to stop going to all supermarkets until next Sunday evening,” in an attempt to confront the supermarket “mafias” and merchants who are causing the increase in prices, manipulating their expiry dates and only displaying poor quality products on shelves.
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