Keels and Prices

This is just a small note about the last post on Oreos. Apparently the price of all Oreos now is still 235 regardless of the type in every supermarket... except Keels. For some strange reason Keels supermarkets around the country have them priced at somewhere around Rs.425. If anyone can explain this mystery there's a free cookie in it... a metaphorical Oreo.

Edit: Ommitted to mention that Oreos are also actually brought down from the Philippines which happens to scratch out the Melamine theory.

The Return of the Oreo

After a mysterious disappearance from just about everywhere... well actually everywhere, the illusive Oreo cookies have decided to once again make their way to Sri Lanka. Of course the sad thing is that since last December the chocolate variety have increased in price from Rs.160 to about Rs.235. Well at least that was the case last week when I suddenly noticed that they had returned.

On my last trip to the supermarket day before yesterday I suddenly noticed that the price is now Rs. 400 odd! Did a new tax kick in over the last week or something? Either way its just way to expensive... though I suppose it helps local produce, but then why bother importing it at all?

Kind sources also inform me that Oreos in the United States are far richer and tastier than the variety that are found here... which I assume are imported from Malaysia or Indonesia.

Edit: Could it be because of Melamine... but for so long?