Restaurant in Ankara charged 1,000 liras for 4 bowls of cacik
A fine of 135,082 liras was issued to a business in Ankara due to a 1,000-lira bill for 4 bowls of cacik and discrepancies in the menu.
Following a bill of 1,000 liras for 4 bowls of cacik at a restaurant in Ankara and the identification of discrepancies in price lists, teams from the Ministry of Trade initiated an inspection and imposed an administrative fine of 135,082 liras on the establishment.
CIMER Application Review
Bekir Kaplan, Advisor for Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Trade, announced in a statement on his social media account that the inspection was carried out upon an application to CIMER.
Menu and Price Discrepancy
Kaplan stated that price discrepancies were detected in 34 products between the price list at the entrance of the establishment and the QR-coded menu.
Legal Action and Fine
Due to the identified price differences, the establishment was fined 135,082 liras in administrative penalties for violating the first paragraph of Article 9 of the Price Tag Regulation.
Citizen Reactions and Opinions
The sale of a single bowl of cacik for 250 liras at the restaurant drew backlash from citizens. ATV teams asked citizens how much they would be willing to pay for a bowl of cacik.
Acceptable Price Ranges
Citizens whose opinions were sought stated that the amount they could pay for a bowl of cacik ranged between 50 and 150 liras.
Cost and Price Difference Calculation
In the calculation regarding the cost of four bowls of cacik, the total amount was determined to be 104.56 liras, while it emerged that 1,000 liras were collected from the customer for the same quantity.
High Price Increase Rate
It was calculated that there was a difference of 895.44 liras between the selling price and the estimated cost of four bowls of cacik, and the price increase based on the cost was 856.4 percent.