Markets Have Become Unaffordable for Pensioners: Fruit and Vegetables at Record Prices

More and more pensioners in Iași say they can no longer cope with rising market prices and return home with their shopping bags only half full. Low incomes are forcing many to give up the products they would like and choose only the bare essentials, depending on the money they have available.

Prices that have reached elevated levels confirm how difficult the situation has become. A kilogram of forest fruits or walnut kernels costs up to 40 RON, cherries are selling at 35 RON per kilogram, and for Romanian garlic and heritage tomatoes you need to pay over 20 RON per kilogram.

The combination of high prices and insufficient pensions puts many elderly people in the position of having to make strict choices when shopping, giving up foods they can no longer afford.