Is it easy to carry the basket at the end of the year?

These days, the flavor of "New year" is getting stronger and stronger. For citizens who are busy buying New year's goods, what to eat for the Spring Festival is also a particularly important topic.

Now Mrs. Ma pays more and more attention to how to eat healthily and freshly, and to balance the weight of her purse. Carrying this "vegetable basket" has become a test of the wisdom of life.

So, is the price of vegetables, seafood, chicken, duck and fish high this year? Insufficient supply? Is the quality good? What are the new tricks? Today, the reporter interviewed some wholesale markets, farmers' markets, supermarkets and street vegetable stalls to see whether this year's "vegetable basket" is easy to carry.

Vegetables: the temperature is high and the price is down

In the evening, Huo, the boss of Fengqi Agricultural products Trading Market in Xiacheng District of Hangzhou, was sorting out the rows of fresh vegetables on the stall, waiting for customers to buy vegetables after work.

Small green vegetables 3.5 yuan per jin, Chinese cabbage 2 yuan per jin, cauliflower 4.5 yuan per jin. "the food this year is not expensive." Boss Huo told reporters that this price is even lower than in January. Even broad beans and sweet beans sold at "tasty prices" in previous years are now priced at 13 yuan or 20 yuan per jin, which is four or five yuan cheaper than last year.

"this year's Spring Festival is about 20 days later than in previous years, and the corresponding temperature during this year's Spring Festival is slightly higher than in previous years. In addition, the weather is beautiful, there is no heavy snow and no severe cold, so the output of vegetables is relatively large, and the price will drop slightly." Zhang Guoping, deputy director of the management committee of Hangzhou Agricultural and sideline products Logistics Center, told reporters.

The price of vegetables is stable, which is also reflected in the monitoring data of the Provincial Department of Commerce. Data show that since mid-late January, vegetable wholesale prices in our province have declined slightly, and vegetable prices are lower than in the same period of previous years. The wholesale prices of vegetables, fruits and aquatic products in the province did not pick up until a slight drop in rainfall in early February, but they are still much lower than the high prices during the Spring Festival last year.

The price of food is falling, but sales are rising. "now that the living conditions are good, people with big fish and meat don't like to eat them any more. the fastest way to see the bottom of the table at home is vegetables." Ms. Xiang, a citizen who is buying chrysanthemum, said.

In the past, the daily sales of vegetables in the logistics center was about 4000 tons, but recently the sales volume has exceeded 4500 tons. Zhang Guoping said, "although citizens are open to buying, recently there is an ample supply of vegetables in the Hangzhou market, and the weather is fine, even if the transportation is very convenient."

Seafood: it may rise before the year

Seafood is one of the indispensable "big dishes" on the Chinese New year table. However, the price of seafood these days is a bit confusing.

At the Jinjiang Farmers' Market in Hangzhou, the seafood sales area is full of fresh seafood, and many customers are buying it. 60 yuan a jin of prawns, 30 yuan a jin of belt fish, 50 yuan a jin of Pomfret. "the price is higher than some time ago." Aunt Wang, a citizen, said that she originally wanted to buy a belt fish, but the price was a little expensive.

"now most of the fishing season for seafood is over. The weather is cold in December and the production of marine fish is already low. Coupled with the fact that there are few fishermen going out to sea and a small supply during the Spring Festival, the price will go up. " The owner of the stall, Boss Qian, explained that people generally bought a large amount of money before the new year, and prices would rise day by day. "it is estimated that it will rise again a few days before the Spring Festival."

"the prices of seafood are going up." Zhang Guoping said that the overall price of seafood this year is lower than that of the same period last year. Last year, the wholesale price of each jin of white shrimp was more than 25 yuan, but now the price in the supermarket is only about 30 yuan, so there may be some "make-up increases" before the festival. now high-end seafood is 10% to 20% more expensive than it was some time ago.

In recent years, more and more imported fish appear in the seafood market in Hangzhou. Among the more popular are longevity fish from Iceland, silver cod from France, belt fish and Pomfret from India. The price is more expensive than regular seafood. "Let's try something fresh".

In the seafood area of the Hangzhou Agricultural and sideline products Logistics Center, wholesaler Zhang Xiong told reporters that the daily sales of seafood is about 3 tons, but it is far from the peak. The sales volume will double this week in previous years, and the price will naturally go up.

Industry insiders remind that if you want to buy cheap seafood during the Spring Festival, you can go to the logistics center to have a look. River fish and shrimp should be bought fresh as far as possible, but if the price rise is taken into account, members of the public can also use the freezer to hoard some sea fish and shrimp, but they must pay attention to the safety of food storage.

Meat: price is flat and supply is sufficient.

Compared with the rebound of seafood, the price of meat this year is the most stable. At the Tesco supermarket on Jianguo North Road in Hangzhou, the prices of pork and pork are about 15 yuan per catty and 13 yuan per catty, while the price of beef is between 35 yuan and 39 yuan per catty, which has not changed much from before.

Relatively speaking, pork sales in recent years are not as large as before, but the Hangzhou Agricultural and sideline products Logistics Center still maintains a supply of about 5000 heads a day. "so the price of pork is relatively stable," Zhang Guoping said. "according to the situation in previous years, the price of beef and mutton usually went up only three days before the Lunar New year. Last year, beef sold for about 35 yuan, and it sold for 40 yuan a jin."

In addition, with the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in November last year, Hangzhou residents can also try good and cheap Australian beef. In Mashi Street, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, a new Australian inexpensive agricultural product store has just opened, with beef tendon meat at 43 yuan per jin and beef scapular meat at 44 yuan per jin, which is also relatively affordable.

Of course, there are few chickens and ducks on the Chinese New year table, but the price of chickens and ducks is not high this year, mostly more than 10 yuan per jin. Ms. Liu, the stall owner of the Fengqi agricultural and sideline products trading market, said that the prices of poultry are not high this year, there are more choices in the market, and there are not as many people eating chickens and ducks as in previous years, so prices naturally cannot go up.

However, for example, Duck Seasoned with Soy Sauce and soy sauce, which are very popular in Hangzhou, sell well. In Bandung Duck Seasoned with Soy Sauce Tmall store, the monthly sales of 600g sesame duck has exceeded 10000. Since February, counter sales under the Bandung line have also increased significantly, with daily sales of more than 100.