Ba wai kawai tafiye-tafiye zuwa kantin kayan miya ya zama babban abin bacin rai ga talakawan Amurkawa ba, amma kwanan nan farashin nama, ƙwai har ma da dankali ya yi tsalle yayin da coronavirus ya ɓata ayyukan yau da kullun na sarrafa masana'anta da sarƙoƙi.
Gabaɗaya, farashin abincin da ake siyan abinci a gida ya yi tashin gwauron zabo a cikin shekaru 46, kuma manazarta sun yi gargaɗin cewa, alal misali, farashin nama na iya ci gaba da yin tsada a matsayin mahauta, yayin da ake ƙoƙarin ci gaba da samar da abinci a matakan da suka saba, ana tilasta musu ɗaukar matakai. da nufin kiyaye lafiyar ma'aikata a cikin annoba.
Yayin da hauhawar farashin kayan abinci na yau da kullun kamar kwai da fulawa ya ragu sosai yayin da farashin kayan masarufi ya ragu, farashin karas, dankalin turawa da sauran kayan abinci suna ci gaba da hauhawa saboda matsalolin sufuri da hauhawar cututtuka tsakanin ma'aikatan girbi da kuma masana'antar sarrafa kayayyaki.
A takaice, masu siyayyar manyan kantuna da masu gidajen abinci kada su yi tsammanin farashi zai ragu nan da nan.
“Babban damuwarmu shine tsadar abinci a cikin dogon lokaci. Ina tsammanin farashin zai ci gaba da hauhawa, ”in ji Julie Kalambokidis, wacce ta mallaki Brick Oven na Adriano a Glenwood, Iowa.
Tamra Kennedy, wanda ya mallaki ikon mallakar ikon sarrafa abinci mai sauri a Iowa da Minnesota, ya ce samar da abubuwan da ake buƙata ya zama da wahala sosai.
"Za ku iya suna kowane sashi kuma zan gaya muku akwai rashi," in ji ta.
Farashin abinci ya fara hauhawa a cikin Maris yayin da cutar sankarau ta mamaye duk fadin Amurka.
Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta bayar da rahoton cewa, hauhawar farashin abinci da kashi 2,6 cikin dari a watan Afrilu shine karuwa mafi girma a kowane wata cikin shekaru 46. Farashin nama, kaji, kifi da kwai ya fi tashi, inda ya karu da kashi 4,3 cikin dari. Duk da cewa hauhawar farashin hatsi da kayayyakin burodi da kashi 2,9 cikin XNUMX bai kai kaifi sosai ba, duk da haka ya kasance mafi girma da sashen ya samu.
Farashin kayayyakin kiwo da makamantansu, da kuma 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari sun tashi da kashi 1,5 cikin dari a watan Afrilu.
Haka kuma farashin kwai ya kai dala 3 a kowane dozin a ƙarshen Maris, amma tun daga lokacin sun ragu zuwa ƙasa da $ XNUMX kowace dozin.
Halin da farashin nama ya kasance mafi muni, musamman saboda karuwar cututtuka a tsakanin ma’aikatan gidan yanka. Barkewar cutar sankarau ya fi shafar masana'antar sarrafa naman alade, amma naman naman sa da naman kaji suma sun kamu da cutar yayin da dubunnan ma'aikata suka kamu da cutar ta coronavirus kuma kungiyar Ma'aikatan Abinci da Kasuwanci ta United sun ce ya zuwa Juma'a daga COVID-19 ma'aikata 44 ne suka mutu.
Farashin dillalan na Afrilu na yankakken naman alade da naman alade ya kusan kusan 6% sama da na Maris, yayin da farashin dillalan hamburger da naman sirloin ya tashi da kusan kashi 4 cikin dari a wancan lokacin, in ji USDA. Farashin kajin sabo ya haura sama da kashi 12 cikin dari.
Bayan da aka rufe da yawa na masana'antar sarrafa naman alade, yawancinsu sun sake buɗewa, amma, a matsayin mai mulkin, ba sa aiki da ƙarfi, wanda ke tilasta gonakin alade don kashe dabbobin da ba za a iya sarrafa naman su ba.
"Akwai iyakoki na ilimin halitta, don haka ina tsammanin farashin zai ci gaba da girma, aƙalla na ɗan lokaci," in ji Agroeconomics da farfesa na Jami'ar Jihar Michigan Trey Malone. "Idan har za ku kashe dubban dabbobi, to ya kamata ku fahimci cewa za a dauki watanni shida kafin a yi kiwon sabbi, kuma a bayyane yake cewa za a samu tsaiko da cikas a cikin tsarin samar da kayayyaki."
Ya zuwa tsakiyar watan Mayu, wuraren yankan suna aiki da kusan kashi 60 na cikakken iko, kodayake adadin ya karu zuwa kusan kashi 90 tun daga lokacin, in ji Jason Lusk, masanin tattalin arziki a Jami'ar Purdue. Duk da yake Lusk yana da kyakkyawan fata, yana gaskanta cewa mafi munin yankewar kayan nama ya kasance a baya, ya lura cewa mai yiwuwa rashin lafiya na biyu zai iya haifar da mummunan yanayin.
Wasu daga cikin hauhawar farashin abinci sun faru ne sakamakon mutanen da suka fara tara abinci lokacin da coronavirus ya fara bayyana. Sai dai ko da farashin kayan abinci da dama ya fadi, farashin dankali da albasa da karas ya kasance sama da na bara.
Mafi yawan wannan karuwa ya bayyana ana danganta shi ga yawan mutanen da suke dafa abinci a gida.
Ga tafarnuwa, wacce akasari ake shigo da ita daga kasar Sin, karin farashin kashi 278 bisa dari na bara ya samo asali ne sakamakon tabarbarewar hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki a kasar Sin.
Jeff Dunn, wanda shi ne Shugaba na Bolthouse Farms, babban mai samar da karas kuma mai rarraba kayan miya da kayan marmari da kayan marmari, ya ce bai hango wata matsala ta wadata ba. Amma ya lura cewa wasu daga cikin ma’aikatan kamfanin nasa suna hutun jinya kuma akwai wasu karin kudade da suka shafi daukar matakan tabbatar da tsaron sauran ma’aikatan.
Dole ne wani ya dauki wadannan kudade, in ji shi.
“Kudi na gaske yana taruwa a cikin sarkar samar da kayayyaki. Ba kawai tare da mu ba, har ma tare da dillalai dangane da ƙarin farashin da ke da alaƙa da COVID, in ji Dunn. "A wani lokaci, idan kuna son samun aƙalla dama don ci gaba da ƙimar dawowar, waɗannan kuɗin za a rataye su akan wani ko kuma a biya su diyya ta wata hanya ta hanyar tallafin gwamnati."
Duk da cewa rabon albashin Amurkawa kan abinci ya ragu a cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata, har yanzu mutane da yawa na kokawa kan karin farashin da aka yi a baya-bayan nan. Amma coronavirus ya bar kusan Amurkawa miliyan 41 ba su da aikin yi, kuma a gare su, ko da ƙaramin hauhawar farashin na iya zama abin ban tsoro.
"Dukkanmu mun ga wannan rikodin ya karu a da'awar rashin aikin yi, kuma mutane da yawa suna cikin haɗarin rashin aikin yi da kuɗi don siyan abincin da suka saba saya," in ji Malone. "Ga mutanen da suka riga sun sami kansu a cikin tsaka mai wuya, wannan karin farashin wani abu ne."
Har ila yau, lokaci ne mai wahala ga masu kiwon dabbobi, waɗanda suka yi fatan cewa bayan shekaru da yawa na koma bayan tattalin arziki, za su ci gajiyar sababbin yarjejeniyoyin kasuwanci da tattalin arzikin cikin gida.
"Manoma sun yi tunanin sun ga hasken a ƙarshen rami," in ji Lusk. "Ya zama hasken jirgin kasa mai zuwa."