Consumer Advocate Seeks Meeting on Rising Food Prices

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 14, 2026 · Originally reported August 11, 2026 by Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Adalid Irías, president of the consumer-advocacy group Defco, urged Honduras's consumer-protection office to meet with producers to pin down the causes of recent food-price increases, noting eggs are up 6 lempiras (about $0.24) per carton and other staples 3–4 lempiras, driven partly by drought and higher livestock-feed costs.