Inflation in Hong Kong discounts shopping malls 5:30 A.M. queues

Source: Internet
Author: User
The November 26 daily, Hong Kong's inflation rate, food and clothing products everything added. The 5-day shopping day in the department store attracts a large number of local "milk corps" buying up to 20 percent of the goods against inflation, the people of Hong Kong spent 5,000 to 6,000 yuan on the special Bermuda selling time, buying a large quantity of daily necessities, fresh ingredients, snacks and other "food" against inflation, but also sigh that inflation "killed",  The department store's special offer this year is still 5至10% than last year. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a two-year concessionary day was launched yesterday in Sha Tin to launch more than million special offers and all products were sold as low as 20 percent. Although the temperature was only about 18 degrees Celsius in the morning, but 5:30 A.M. the public was waiting outside the department store, close to the official opening of the department store, thousands of members of the public queued up, the scene of the crowd, the shop opened 15 minutes earlier, the public immediately swarmed rushed into the shop to buy "heart parallel"  The narrow alleys of the field were packed. After the admission of the public immediately "swept away" 5, 6 boxes of Japanese instant noodles, Hyun-rice tea, etc., to the afternoon many food shelves have been snapped, staff dense replenishment, although the field has air-conditioning open, but the field of customer blood boiling, "the bloody fight" to sweat. In the field, the queues are more spectacular and the queues are around 2 to 3 laps outside the supermarket, waiting for about 1 hours to queue up for payment.  Some people are ready to bring a trolley to "sweep the goods", but some citizens simply buy the suitcase, the "loot" into the box to transport. Mr Leung and his family, who live in Sha Tin, lined up 7 o'clock yesterday morning and have done their homework to buy a large quantity of daily necessities and ingredients. He said: "Inflation is very bad, only to take advantage of the big special time to buy more goods, I believe that enough for 4-5 months to eat." "They spend about 5,000 to 6,000 dollars to buy 5 pieces of wool sold at 199 to 399 yuan, a large amount of Japanese snacks, and tiger shrimp."  But he admits that inflation-affected goods this year are more expensive than 5至10%. Zhangweizhong, managing director of a field department store, said that under the influence of inflation, the consumption patterns of Hong Kong people tended to change. "In the past, a shopping basket dedicated to a supermarket has already been fully loaded and now requires 2 or 3," he said. Zhangweizhong added that this year, the wholesale price of food rose the most, with the wholesale price of fruit in Japan rising by 50%, and that of both cattle and seafood, so the fare increase for this year is 5至10%.

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