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More Gaza aid hub killings as UNWRA head calls GHF process ‘an abomination’

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Audio   来源:Analysis  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:"It could mean someone going from the top 32 and getting into top 16 and making the big time."

"It could mean someone going from the top 32 and getting into top 16 and making the big time."

But he said between the ingredients, paying for his "quality" staff and making a profit, margins were "very small"."Wages have increased quite dramatically just recently and that does translate straight to the prices that we have to pass on to the customer," he said.

More Gaza aid hub killings as UNWRA head calls GHF process ‘an abomination’

"Running a food business is incredibly challenging."So what is it about flaky baked goods that makes people part with their hard-earned cash?Food and travel writer Ross Clarke said he believed that even in a cost-of-living crisis, people were inclined to splurge on small luxuries.

More Gaza aid hub killings as UNWRA head calls GHF process ‘an abomination’

It is a concept known as the lipstick effect, which suggests that people are more likely to buy small luxury items - like lipstick - during economic downturns."I think people are more inclined to maybe shell out £4.50 for a pain au chocolat if it's something special, because it's that little treat," he said.

More Gaza aid hub killings as UNWRA head calls GHF process ‘an abomination’

Ross said food tourism was a global phenomenon, referring to Iceland's famous ice cream tours, known as ísbíltúr.

"Gastro-tourism is booming, also eno-tourism, so wine," he said."It helps us to keep our spirits high, reminding us about our happy life before the occupation".

But the risks are high, even for wearing a vyshyvanka. "They might not shoot you straight away, but you can simply disappear afterwards, silently," she declares.She speaks of a Ukrainian friend being questioned by police because Russian neighbours, who came to Crimea in 2014, told police he had illegal weapons. "Of course he didn't. Luckily they let him go in the end, but it's so frightening."

Iryna complains that she cannot go out on her own even for coffee "because solders can point a gun at you and say something abusive or order you to please them".Resistance in Ukraine's occupied cities is dangerous, and it often comes in small acts of defiance aimed at reminding residents that they are not alone.

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