Check online to avoid gyp by vendors

Manama

 Ministry of Industry and Commerce's Consumer Directorate has urged the public to keep themselves updated on the vegetable and fruit prices to avoid fleecing by the vendors. The Ministry is spreading awareness about its online price monitoring tool, which had been uploaded on the Ministry's website. "Ensure you pay the market price for your veggies and fruits before fill you basket," the Ministry stated.

 Explaining the price monitoring tool, the Ministry said: "The Daily Price Index (DPI) is a monitoring device posted by the Consumer Protection Directorate (CPD) in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to collect local market prices for a list of commodities from different local outlets and to monitor consumption patterns and price changes trends on timely basis.”

 “The aim of the DPI is to raise consumer awareness in the Kingdom of Bahrain through providing up-to-date, accurate and detailed statistics on price fluctuation," it said in a statement.

 The tool lists the prices of 30 common fruits and vegetables and gives its prices for the current and the previous two days. Beans, pumpkin, carrot, cucumber, eggplant and garlic are some of the fruits and vegetables listed on the web.