Tag: Biotechnology

Clever food retailers, as it turns out, is not averse to cash in on the current unprecedented situation. Methods as old as the world: to create an artificial hype around a product, and then sharply raise supplies and prices. Now the role of such "meteors" of the food market are the ginger and garlic. For example, for ginger now have to pay 20 times more than a month ago. Such a jump in cost caused by excessive consumer demand for the product, which supposedly has antiviral properties. For the same reason rose and garlic. And, despite the denials of scientists about the "magical" properties of these products, people continue to carry their money in shops and retailers to rewrite the price tags upward.