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Recently, there has been a continuous wave of price hikes. In February this year, a well-known chain bubble tea brand, a must-try for overseas tourists visiting Taiwan, announced a price increase. A fast food brand that had just opened and quickly gained popularity also followed suit with price adjustments. The successive rounds of price hikes have sparked discussions among netizens. Now, Taiwan’s famous snack, chicken cutlets, has also revealed plans for a price hike, prompting many online users to exclaim “it’s unaffordable.”
Continuous price hikes — chicken cutlet vendors collectively raise prices (Photo / Angel Chicken Cutlet)
Crispy-skinned, tender, and juicy chicken cutlets are one of the must-try foods for Japanese and Korean tourists visiting Taiwan. However, with chicken prices rising this year, the chicken cutlet market has also followed suit. In the earliest days, a chicken cutlet cost only NT$30 or NT$35, but now the price has soared to NT$80 per piece — an astonishing increase, with the price now even equivalent to a full meal.
Everyone’s favorite snack, chicken cutlets, has risen from NT$30 or NT$35 per piece to NT$80 today. (Photo / Monga Chicken Cutlet)
The chicken cutlets from the shop operated by celebrity NONO, known for being thick-cut and juicy, are among the favorite dishes on many foodies’ lists and enjoy strong business. However, recently, the price has also been adjusted upward along with rising raw material costs — from NT$70 to NT$75 per piece. The well-known chain chicken cutlet brand, Pike Chicken Cutlet, has also raised its prices due to the price hike trend, from NT$60 to NT$65. Devil Chicken Cutlet has made an even more surprising jump, raising its price by NT$10 to NT$80 per piece.
The price of Devil Chicken Cutlet has been raised to NT$80 per piece, a shocking increase. (Photo / Devil Chicken Cutlet)
After the news of the price hikes was released, some netizens said they couldn’t afford it anymore and would switch to eating bento boxes. Others expressed nostalgia for the prices of the old days, sparking heated discussions online.
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