Turkey: Are intermediaries the only culprit in the increase in food prices?

When it comes to the increase in food prices, intermediaries come to mind, especially in fresh fruits and vegetables. Price increases in the process from farm to fork are mentioned. It is stated that the product that is bought cheaply from the manufacturer reaches the consumer more expensively. There is another dimension to the matter. The price increase in the products that go from the field to the factory and from there to the tables or export. Most of the materials, from the packaging to the label, from the tin can to the glass jar, in which the food product is placed, are imported either themselves or their raw materials. Due to imports, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, prices increased by 45 percent to 100 percent according to the product. In some of them, there was a 100 percent increase in foreign currency basis. Of course, the consumer pays the bill for this price increase. In the light of the information given by Cemil Gökçen, the Chairman of the Izmir Chamber ...