With the rising cost of living causing iceberg lettuce prices to skyrocket, Australians have noticed that some restaurants are starting to charge $1 per lettuce leaf for san choy meals.
Journalist Jacqueline Felgate shared on Instagram a photo of a receipt stating she had purchased food from a restaurant in Melbourne.
Next, the san choy bow costs $18, and a $1 bowl of lettuce is added as an additional purchase, even though it’s a basic requirement for eating Chinese food.
A photo of a restaurant recipe showed a customer paying $1 for a cup of salad with their San Boy Bow meal, even though the main requirement for a Chinese meal is lettuce leaves (pictured).
“Lettuce is now charged separately at some Melbourne restaurants,” wrote Jacqueline in the picture.
Currently, the price of lettuce has risen to $11.99, and so have the cost of other vegetables.
The image quickly caught the attention of other social media users who couldn’t believe that individual lettuce leaves were being sold, but others sympathized with the entrepreneurs.
Currently, the price of lettuce has increased to $11.99 and so have the cost of vegetables (stock image)
‘Try to buy lettuce or ginger at the supermarket, it’s great. What’s even crazier is that I bought ginger at Victoria Market for $12 and Safeway was over $30 a pound,” he said.
Another said, ‘Not just Melbourne, but Geelong as well. I felt so sorry for the owner, he apologized so much. “I hope people are nice and understanding, I’m sure they’ve kept up enough over the years.”
Others weren’t that savvy and instead looked at the total height of the bill – which was $386.50.
“One dollar in the 365 dollar bill. They were surprised by the difference. Reasonable considering the price of lettuce. There is no anger here,” he wrote.
“Judging the rest of the receipt, they can afford it,” added another.
Source: Daily Mail
