Lantern sales began to rise on the tenth of the first month

"These days have seen a lot of flesh and blood, and they haven't eaten until the fifteenth time." On the morning of February 1, the reporter saw two customers who bought Lantern in the Ninth Century Supermarket. The reporter learned from some supermarkets in Shijiazhuang on the 1st that, starting from the first day of the lunar calendar (1st), Lantern’s sales had begun to enter the “peak season”. Another reporter was informed that this year's Lantern prices have risen slightly.

This year's Lantern Price rose by 10%

It is reported that the North Lantern supermarket stores have a large number of Lantern, due to rising raw materials and other reasons, this year's Lantern Festival prices rose about 10% over the same period last year. For example, Sanquan 500g peanut-flavored dumpling was sold at Beiguo Superstore Northland Store for 9.8 yuan last year, and this year it was priced at 10.8 yuan. Carrefour Bao Longcang also said that most brands in Lantern Festival this year have increased prices, but the price increase is not significant, the basic increase in the range of 5% - about 10%, there are a small number of Yuan Zhen category did not increase prices.

Bags are more than “gift boxes”. The civilian Lantern Festival is different from mainstream gifts and moon cakes as “gift mainstream”. To this day, the main function of Lantern Festival is still “self-eating.” Therefore, there are not many gift boxes sold in supermarkets. All bags. And even if it is a gift box, the maximum price is not too high and can be controlled below 138 yuan. Carrefour Bao Longcang entered the control gift box. They said that compared with dumplings and moon cakes, Yuanxiao is a frozen food, and gift boxes are not as easy to store as bags.

As for taste, the reporters saw in the supermarket that there are more than 80 kinds of Yuanxiao varieties in the big supermarkets, in addition to traditional black sesame seeds, glutinous rice peanuts, and other flavors, as well as new products such as fruit flavors.

From the beginning of sales, the temperature is expected to increase. It is estimated that the peak sales in the first ten years will be twice as high as the first nine yuan, which is five times more than last week. The person in charge of Shijiazhuang Jiale Fubao Longcang said. Northland Supermarket introduced: “It is very clear that the sales of Tangyuan have risen since the beginning of the first month of the lunar month.” However, supermarkets have stated that there will be a phased increase in the first lunar month and the real peak will reach the fifteenth lunar month.

Reminder: Lanterns are difficult to digest should not eat more Although the Yuanxiao Festival to eat glutinous rice balls is an essential custom, but the reporter learned that Yuanxiao made of glutinous rice, digestion is relatively slow, and the filling generally high sugar, high calories, so the most Do not eat too much, when obesity or high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic diseases patients eat it properly control the intake.

According to the supermarket staff, the Lantern Festival is best eaten when it is hot, so it is more digestible. If it is better balanced with some fruits and vegetables, acidic foods and meat are not suitable for eating with the Lantern Festival.