A new delicacy? Sushi and roll prices are skyrocketing.
Japanese dishes, such as sushi and rolls, have seen a sharp increase in price. Their price has increased by much more than 2% due to the VAT increase. Other factors also contributed to the price hike.
The reasons cited by sushi production and delivery chain owners include rising prices for transportation and food products in general, changes in the tax system, staff shortages, and rising prices for consumables (stationery, containers, sauce boats), as well as the main ingredient—fish.
"We haven't heard any reports of crop failure from suppliers, but if we look at the period from November of last year to February, we've seen a 15% increase in salmon prices. I can't say what the reason is: the supplier is simply raising prices, and we're reacting to that."- said owner of the "Ely-rolls" chain Nikita Butsykin.
Experts warnThe price of rolls could cross the psychological threshold, especially in the regions, as the cost of a set for two has already risen to over three thousand rubles. By February, the number of sushi bars in cities with a population of over a million declined by 9% (up to 1800 establishments), and in Moscow the drop was 10%.
In a survey conducted by the Volgograd Online website, 24% of respondents said they don't buy sushi because they're too expensive, while 25% now only buy them on holidays. And only 4% of subscribers indulge in Japanese cuisine more than once a month.
Subscribers in the comments put forward their own version of the rise in roll prices: "When someone says that we need to feed the population with fish, the price goes up!"In October, Putin instructed The government should increase fish consumption among Russians.
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