Sri Lanka’s Produce Army
Watch out Whole Foods. The Sri Lankan army, who no longer is at war with the defeated Tamil Tiger rebel group, has turned to selling vegetables to the country’s poor populace in order to counteract the increasing costs of living there. With economic problems riddling the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka, the country’s army has moved to sell vegetables at a fixed price lower than current market value. —JCL The BBC: As the people of Sri Lanka grapple with the rising cost of everyday living, the country’s huge army has started buying up vegetables from producers. It is then selling them on at fixed prices lower than current shop prices. The army, which no longer has a war to fight, says it is doing its bit to ease people’s lives in peacetime. Read more Related Entries January 7, 2011 Food Riots Rock Algeria January 7, 2011 Jobless Rate Drops as People Give Up Looking
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Sri Lanka’s Produce Army
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