Casablanca wholesale market: Beef rises by 4 dirhams

The latest weekly bulletin of food prices in the wholesale market in Casablanca, issued by "Casablanca Prestacion" of the Casablanca City Council, revealed that the prices of beef increased by 4 dirhams per kilogram in just one week, at a time when the prices of sheep meat and the prices of a number of vegetables and fruits fell in the same market. Meat: A rise for cattle and a decline for sheep The minimum price of beef in the wholesale market increased from 75 to 79 dirhams per kilogram, while the maximum was stabilized at 108 In contrast, prices for ovine meat have fallen, with the minimum dropping from 120 to 110 dirhams and the maximum from 125 to 118 dirhams per kilogram. Evolution of meat prices in the Casablanca wholesale market (dirhams per kilogram) Meat type Previous minimum Current minimum Current maximum Beef 108 79 75 (Stable) Lamb 118 110 120 (out of 125) Vegetables and fruits: divergent trends Movement was not uniform in the rest of the materials; the prices of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and carrots rose Pumpkins fell slightly, while prices of avocados, pomegranates, oranges, and clementines fell. Prices for onions, potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, cucumbers, bananas and grapes remained stable with little change. The most prominent changes in the prices of vegetables and fruits (dirhams per kilogram) Previous Forschett product Current Forschett trend Tomato 2 – 5.5 2.5 – 6.5 Eggplant rise 2.5 – 5.5 3 – 6 Avoca rise 18 – 28 15 – 25 Clementine retreat 5 – 8 4 – 7.5 Orange retreat 4 – 7 4 – 6.5 Retreat Why this Moroccan consumer matters The prices monitored here are the wholesale prices that merchants and shop owners deal with when buying from the market, and not necessarily the prices paid by the consumer directly at the points of sale, but their movement is usually reflected within days on the facades of vegetable and meat shops in the neighborhoods. This data comes at a time when the purchasing power of Moroccan families is still one of the most prominent files before the next government, amid continuous pressure on the family budget that extended until the pricing of taxis for urban transport during the weeks Casablanca Prestacion, the arm in charge of managing wholesale markets in Casablanca, publishes this bulletin weekly to track the price movement in the largest wholesale market in the Kingdom, which supplies a large part of the economic capital with fresh food.