Retail food prices in Lahore remain well above the government’s daily notified rates, with vegetables, poultry and fruit commonly selling at premiums of 30% to 100%. Some items, including Chinese garlic and Thai ginger, are priced more than 100% higher than the official benchmarks. Even after recent cuts in petrol and diesel prices that would normally reduce transport costs, shop prices have largely held firm or moved higher. The continued gap points to weak price pass-through and local supply-demand imbalances, keeping near-term pressure on agricultural spot markets and supply chains.