Al-Akhbar: Lebanese Tabouleh dish price increased %86.56
Al-Akhbar newspaper started an interested weekly report: create a Tabouleh dish index that measure the ingredient and preparation cost of a Tabouleh dish in Lebanon. Idea is similar to "The Economist" Big Mac index that measure the cost of a McDonald's BigMac burger across the world in order to reflect a more realistic view of a country's inflation and purchase pricing power. In Al-Akhbar newspaper's last report, the paper indicated an %86.56 increase of price from July's price of 625LL to 1166LL during the first days of the Holy month of Ramadan (early September). On an average Lebanese's inflation is 4.6% measured by CPI index (consumer pricing index) in 2006 and therefore an %86.56 is surely an outrageous number that proves Lebanese businesses are manipulating prices and the government is not doing anything about it. The report goes into more detail in highlighting the price increase of each Tabouleh ingredient (tomato, parsley, etc.) with lettuce prices inflated the most and Ba'alback and central Bekaa area along with restaurants selling the most expensive Tabouleh dish.
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