My first trip to Lucky’s Supermarket on Monivong Boulevard after arriving in Phnom Penh confirmed that first impression. As I thriftily shopped for the best value milk brand in a carton, I found that in the same time a liter of UHT milk had increased from $1.20 to $1.60 - a hefty 30% increase. Of...
My first trip to Lucky’s Supermarket on Monivong Boulevard after arriving in Phnom Penh confirmed that first impression. As I thriftily shopped for the best value milk brand in a carton, I found that in the same time a liter of UHT milk had increased from $1.20 to $1.60 - a hefty 30% increase. Of course, that’s not going to stop me from buying milk. I even switched to fresh milk, as they were now the same price. However, for local Cambodians (Khmers) food inflation is deepening an already too tragic misery.(more)