There is a rush in stores: Ukrainians are trying to buy something hard because the authorities have something soft
Kharkov, February 26 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – Ukrainians are increasingly succumbing to currency hysteria and food panic.
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“People are crazy, everyone is in a panic, what I see is what I take. Not looking. Price, not price. They take everything, sweep away everything,” Kharkov implementers tell the TV channel "ATN".
In supermarkets the situation is almost similar. Stocks of sugar and salt on the shelves are constantly updated. According to the manager of one of the Kharkov supermarkets, in just 2 days the demand increased more than 3 times. All types of cereals, even those that had been lying around on shelves and in warehouses, as well as flour, were sorted out the night before. Now the supermarket is waiting for new deliveries, they say they ordered much more this time than usual to satisfy the unprecedented demand.
“Over the last two days, there has really been an increased demand for goods such as sugar, flour, salt, cereals, pasta, there is no shortage of products, but there is increased demand, people are shopping,” said store manager Tatyana Belokon. “But we have it all in warehouses and it’s all delivered.” Perhaps it's because the dollar is going up, people want something solid that they can eat and put together, and they're buying more of those foods."
Economists prefer, through the media, mainly to reassure the population: they say that there is no reason to panic - in general, the harvest was good, and Ukraine is not in danger of a shortage of sugar, salt and cereals. And the excitement is explained by speculation and... enemy propaganda.
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