As a middle class Kenyan, if you have gone shopping recently, you would have noticed the increase in prices for most if not all household commodities. While budgeting having an extra few thousands would not be enough to cover cost of your usual shopping. This is where looking and noticing other options in brands that are cheaper comes in handy.
While for some compromises might not be noticeable like toothpaste, detergents, snacks like biscuits and crisps for others going cheap is a loss and a huge mistake. Some have learnt the hard way, while others are wise enough to understand the need of quality for some household commodities.
Middle class Kenyans would agree that the household commodities to never compromise on include:
Tissue.
With the increase of tissue prices, new tissue companies have come up with cheaper options that are even lower in price than their intial prices before the hike in prices. Such tissues always have a different colour that is not fully white and looks recycled or as if it is still part of the tree that it came from. They also have a tangent smell and are not the softest.
In the kasheshe segment of Classic 105 in the weekday mornings, King’ang’i is always heard saying that due to increase in tissue prices, people should considering converting religions.
Rice.
Others have been doing cheap prices for rice even before the hiking of prices and probably have no idea there is bettef quality. While for those who have always done premium rice, and have tried saving a few shillings and gone for cheap, have gone home and regretted the poor quality in taste and smell that they get from that rice. It becomes such a waste when someone invested and bought rice enough for the whole month and now have to dread every time their meal plan is rice.
In the instance, that they have guests over, well the option of pilau that is most common and easy to prepare for guests would be out of the table.
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Other commodities that have mix reactions with Kenyans when it comes to compromise is maize flour, spaghetti, sausages, butter, bar soaps, baby oil and deodorants. In our quest to make ends meet and still feed the family, Kenyans are becoming more compromising and open to try new things that are pocket friendly.
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