Strange Prices of Economic Foods on Restaurant Menus

Some restaurants, following the increase in food prices, have resorted to offering small portions of food at "strange prices" to continue their business. According to the website 'Tejarat News', economic foods in the form of half portions and a slice of pizza are sometimes offered at bizarre prices. Many restaurants have added an economic food menu alongside their main menu, where in some cases, a half portion of food is sold for over 100,000 tomans and a slice of pizza for 80,000 tomans. Meanwhile, some users have deemed this method a trick by restaurants for 'fraud', while others have criticized the low quality of economic foods. Amir Dadashi, an economic journalist, noted the price of a slice of pizza, labeled as economic food, in one of Tehran's restaurants as 79,000 tomans, stating: 'Everyone has found a way to commit fraud.' Another user on Twitter shared their experience regarding the economic food and its low quality, saying: 'So far, I've consumed three liters of mint liquor and sugar tea to help it go down.' According to statistics, food prices have increased at least sevenfold over the past two years. The internet newspaper Faraz reported that red meat consumption in Iran has continuously decreased over the past decade, reaching 4 kilograms at the end of 1401, which is 17% less than the global per capita consumption. The level of inflation has increased to the point that the newspaper Javan, close to the Revolutionary Guards, recently criticized the 'extremely weak' performance of government officials in the livelihood sector. On the other hand, some experts have warned about the long-term consequences of malnutrition on the population. Mohammad Kazem Attari, a physician and social medicine researcher, believes that the low annual consumption of dairy, meat, and protein leads to issues such as reduced height and intelligence, especially among children. Inflation is taking away jobs; 'fast food' establishments are on the brink of bankruptcy. The failure of Raisi's 'Specialized Chicken Headquarters'; the price of chicken in Tehran has exceeded 110,000 tomans. The economic disaster of Raisi's government in the first four months of the year is terrifying and unimaginable. Unprecedented food price inflation over the past two years is making people's tables 'smaller and smaller'. The Ministry of Health of the Islamic Republic: half of Iranian women over 50 have low bone density.