Food Consumption During The Month Of Ramadan Has Increased Up To 40 Percent

Food consumption in Kuwait during the month of Ramadan has increased up to 40 percent, as per statistics compiled from the sales centers.

According to sources, such rate of food consumption has led to increase in the expenditures related to food such that they range between KD 1,500 and KD 2,500 per Kuwaiti family.

This is less than half of the average expenditure of expatriate families residing in the country. The sources stressed that this over shadows the real need, but traditions that have been followed for at least two decades have imposed themselves and extended to reach different segments of society, irrespective of the level of income.

They lamented that this practice has reached such an extent that the rate of food wastage during Ramadan is about 50 percent on an average.

The sources as well as sales centers explained that expenditures over foodstuffs and consumer needs during the month of Ramadan have risen to reach KD 500 million among citizens, as compared to KD 250 million of the expenditures of expatriates.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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