Vegetable prices almost tripled after July storms and floods
Vegetable prices almost tripled after July storms and floods
2025-08-11
Prices of leafy greens have gone through the roof after one rainstorm after another in July. A buffet owner says even at two to three times the price before, he still can’t get enough stock. And what’s more, the quality has gone down too. With Tropical Storm Podul around the corner, the problem may even become worse.
Once the fresh vegetable is delivered, staff at the buffet immediately starts prepping the ingredients. It may look like a lot of work, but the deliveries have actually become smaller due to floods over July in Central and Southern Taiwan. They’ve also become pricier.
Mr. Yeh
Buffet owner
The markets are all out of stock. If you go there, you’ll see that there are more people than vegetables. I’m not kidding. There are no vegetables for you to buy, seriously. Before I’d be able to get a truckful, but now I can only fill up half of the truck. And I have to spend a lot more, too.
The buffet owner says the sticker shock is real, now that vendors give quotes at two to three times the prices as usual. Leafy greens aren’t just more expensive, the quality has also gone down. For instance, bok choy now costs almost NT$80 per kilo, but comes with water-damaged leaves.
Mr. Yeh
Buffet owner
There are many rotten leaves that I can’t use. So I put those away to be returned later. It’s NT$80 per kilo but the quality is atrocious. So now I have to switch up the menu and make different dishes with root veggies, tofu, eggs and meat, while leafy greens can only be used as garnish.
Mr. Yeh says he tries to switch things up with other ingredients, but even so he cannot offer as many dishes as before. There are only five to six dishes to choose from today, compared to around a dozen before.
Mr. Yeh
Buffet owner
I’ve been in this business for almost 40 years. I’ve never felt such pressure before. Even NT$70 to NT$80 per kilo is considered cheap now. I don’t know how the average office worker is supposed to feed themselves now. I’m already absorbing so much of the cost.
Meanwhile, commonly used fresh herbs have also soared in prices, with coriander now costing around NT$400 to NT$500 per kilo. But the worst has probably yet to come, since Tropical Storm Podul is just around the corner and could make landfall anytime soon.
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吃不消! 蔬菜漲2到3倍 自助餐老闆:市場人比菜多
2025-08-11
國內菜價飆漲，眼看楊柳颱風即將來襲，餐廳業者擔心，青菜沒有最貴，只有更貴。更慘的是，想買葉菜類，還不見得買得到。自助餐老闆說，空心菜一斤破百元，鵝白菜一斤80塊，還都是水傷，只好調整菜色，原本10幾樣青菜，只剩5、6樣，客人太晚來，可能就吃不到青菜了。
蔬菜一到貨，員工趕緊為中午自助餐做準備。只不過老闆現在傷透腦筋，七月以來，中南部颱風又淹水，蔬菜不只量少，還很貴。
[[自助餐業者 葉先生]]
“菜市場大部分都是空空的，你去市場看了，幾乎人比菜還要多，真的，沒有菜可以買，我不騙你，(之前)小發財車大概都買一車，現在幾乎大概半車而已，而且價錢又要多花很多錢”
老闆收到供應商報價，都快嚇壞了，幾乎都是2至3倍的價格，最可怕的是鵝白菜，一斤80塊，還一堆水傷。
[[自助餐業者 葉先生]]
“還是黃葉子很多，我回來沒辦法用，我就給它冰起來，要退回去，一斤80塊，還買到這種品質，變成自己要動頭腦說，從根莖類的，豆干類的，還有蛋類，肉類去調去變，綠色的只是輔助點綴”
業者盡力用其他食材撐場面，原本餐檯10幾樣蔬菜，今天只有5、6樣。
[[自助餐業者 葉先生]]
“我做這個自助餐大概40年了，從來沒有感受到那麼大的壓力，(蔬菜)一斤70、80塊，還算便宜的這個樣子，一般的上班族要怎麼來吃飯，我也不曉得，因為我已經幫他吸收很多了”
除了一般葉菜類，吃麵線上面撒的香菜，飆漲到每斤400到500元。眼看又有楊柳颱風來勢洶洶，菜價可能又要波動，餐廳業者只能剉咧等。
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