Less rice for the same price: inflation bites Asia's food stalls

Food stalls in Indonesia have reduced servings rather than raise prices or use lower grade ingredients. - Bloomberg

JAKARTA (Reuters): Profits at Ma Hong's spicy hotpot restaurant have been squeezed by about a fifth since he opened in downtown Beijing last year, crushed by beef tripe prices that have shot up by more than 50% and the surging costs of other key ingredients.

"We sell it at the same price as before. Also with the impact of the pandemic, everybody is hanging in there. It is the same all over Beijing, we are not the only restaurant suffering," Ma said.