KUWAIT: With the local prices of many goods doubling in recent months, the level of public complaint at these steep increases has been rising. One item that's seen a sharp price rise recently has been cigarettes, whose prices have increased by 20 percent and more dependent on the brand in recent months, but it's certainly not the only item whose rising cost has been prompting complaint. Abu Abdullah, a staff member at Jabriya Co-op, blamed the rise in cigarette prices on suppliers. "The price rise in cigarettes was caused by greedy traders demanding higher prices for cigarettes," he told the Kuwait Times.
The supermarket's decision not to stock one well-known brand of milk after the suppliers raised the prices also led to complaints from many customers. "We posted a letter of apology [for customers] explaining that this brand of milk wasn't available at our supermarket due to the price rise demanded by the importing firm," explained Abu Abdullah, warning, "There are also other goods that will subject to price increases soon, such as coffee, biscuits and other items. Staff at Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Co-op, however, denied that there had been significant price rises on many commodities there, although they admitted that there were shortages of some types of milk due to the price increases demanded by the suppliers. "We aren't selling the items at an increased price," said one staff member, who gave his name as Khalid.
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