Four days before Christmas Day, a long-time lechon owner in La Loma, Quezon City on Tuesday raised concern that a five-kilo lechon (suckling pig) may reach P10,000 from P7,000 due to high demand.
William Maka Chua, proprietor of Ping-Ping’s Native Lechon and Restaurant Inc., told the public to brace for higher prices of the traditional native lechon by Dec. 24.
“We will expect prices to go up on Christmas eve,” said Chua, a former village chairman and president of the Samahan ng La Loma Litsonero.
He said the smallest lechon weighing five kilos priced at P7,000 could easily reach P10,000.
The sale of lechon this Christmas season is at its peak now, Chua said.
He, however, said there is no shortage of pig supply despite the previous spread of the African swine fever, noting the “repopulation” of the hog industry in the aftermath of the “culling” of the affected pigs.