[Link] Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago,But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from t

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