Ramadan Price Surge: Moroccan Consumers Face Soaring Food Costs

It is impossible to afford basic products when their prices reach peaks in a week. Onions are priced at 15 dhs, tomatoes at 8 dhs and fish have crossed the 100 dhs mark, according to Akhbarona. It must be said that certain food items will have to move into the category of luxury products.

Is this a real price increase or simply conjunctural speculation from which merchants in need of a sense of ethics profit to fill their pockets? In any case, the average consumer feels victimized by such a surge and wonders if there is really state protection.

Previously, the Moroccan authorities had advised against making their purchases during this period, at the risk of being manipulated by speculators in search of illegal gain. A practice to which the latter resort to every opportunity, and which severely penalizes the wallet of the ordinary consumer.

Pending concrete action to deter these speculators, the consumer has the number 5757 to report cases of fraud or illegal commercial practices that he may face during the holy month.