“Prices will continue to rise as long as we are silent and do nothing!”: Residents of Magnitogorsk propose to boycott retail chains

Residents of Magnitogorsk are discussing on social networks the idea of ​​boycotting large retail chains due to a sharp rise in food prices.

“People, let’s do something together with prices, only we can fight these “Magnets”, “Pyaterochka”, “Sytno”! — VK user Daniyar Rakhmanov wrote in the Black & White Magnitogorsk community. — Starting today, prices for bakery products have skyrocketed, but not by 50 kopecks, but by 7–10 rubles at once. In the future, there will be a rise in the price of eggs and chicken, and yet we have not even been given a salary indexed by 2 (ridiculously even) for January. Dear residents of Magnitogorsk, we just need to boycott these Magnets and Pyaterochkas for at least one day. Go to regular shops. It is better to support a small shop than to enrich the oligarchs! Prices will continue to rise as long as we remain silent and do nothing!

According to Rosstat, for the period from December 14 to 20, 2021, prices for buckwheat groats in Russia increased by an average of 1.1%, prices for butter and pasta increased by 1%, pasteurized milk and black tea increased by 0, 9%, wheat flour – by 0.8%, sterilized milk, rice, vermicelli, chocolate sweets – by 0.7%, pork, sausages, sausages, frozen fish, sour cream, fat cottage cheese – by 0.6%, rennet cheeses , bread, canned vegetables for baby food – by 0.5%, margarine, canned fruits and berries for baby food, cookies – by 0.4%, boiled sausages, salt, vodka – by 0.3%, beef, lamb, millet, meals in canteens, cafes, snack bars (except canteens in the organization) — by 0.2%, canned meat for baby food — by 0.1%. Prices for semi-smoked and boiled-smoked sausages decreased by 0.1%. Chicken eggs on average in the country have risen in price by 1.3%. Prices for granulated sugar on average in Russia increased by 0.7%.