{"id":84746,"date":"2026-05-24T16:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84746"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:17:11","slug":"tepelena-rising-food-prices-becoming-unaffordable-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tepelena-rising-food-prices-becoming-unaffordable-for-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tepelena: Rising Food Prices Becoming Unaffordable for Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2962b878-f972-4ddc-b2cf-0ccb997f41ee\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"332\">In Tepelena, food product prices are continuing to rise, becoming increasingly unaffordable for consumers. The increase has affected not only basic food items but also the fruit and vegetable market, with residents describing the prices as too high to cope with.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"536\">The economic difficulties are being felt especially by the elderly and families in need in Tepelena, who, apart from state assistance, have no other sources of income to manage the rising market prices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"720\">\u201cIt is obviously difficult. Everything is sky-high. How are we supposed to cope with this? With the pension we receive, it\u2019s simply not enough, so it is very hard,\u201d said one citizen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"913\">\u201cIt is very difficult. Life has become extremely hard for us. Prices have risen into the stratosphere. What can I do with the 120,000 lek disability pension that I receive?\u201d another man said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1242\">\u201cWith the 100,000 lek pension I receive, it is shameful \u2014 truly shameful. It is impossible to cope. I go and buy my medicines, and if there is anything left afterward, then I buy food. I eat cabbage, I eat just one meal of bread because I have to buy medicine. 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