South Asian SLC grocery store feeling impacts of tariffs, rising shipping costs
FOX 13 News Utah
[{'start': '2.320', 'end': '8.120', 'text': 'When you walk into How are you, buddy?'}, {'start': '4.160', 'end': '10.480', 'text': 'Gandi Sweets and Spices in Salt Lake'}, {'start': '8.120', 'end': '12.320', 'text': 'City. Yeah, thank you, buddy. Thank you.'}, {'start': '10.480', 'end': '15.519', 'text': 'No problem. It feels like going to a'}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '16.880', 'text': 'land far far away. And you smell that'}, {'start': '15.519', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'smell, you\'re like, "Wow, this is'}, {'start': '16.880', 'end': '20.880', 'text': 'bringing me back home." Being out on the'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.039', 'text': 'streets and the market, you know, of'}, {'start': '20.880', 'end': '24.640', 'text': 'streets of Pakistan or streets of India.'}, {'start': '23.039', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'Yousef has been in the South Asian'}, {'start': '24.640', 'end': '31.119', 'text': 'grocery business for 30 years, lining'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '34.079', 'text': 'his shelves with oils, spices, clothes,'}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'rice, frozen food, fresh produce, and'}, {'start': '34.079', 'end': '38.160', 'text': "more. It's one of those things I wanted"}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '40.800', 'text': 'to keep uh close to my culture, keep the'}, {'start': '38.160', 'end': '43.040', 'text': 'background, and know the local community'}, {'start': '40.800', 'end': '45.559', 'text': 'and so forth. And also to help teach'}, {'start': '43.040', 'end': '48.640', 'text': 'people about where he comes'}, {'start': '45.559', 'end': '50.160', 'text': 'from, people like Jesse Remis. I love'}, {'start': '48.640', 'end': '52.079', 'text': 'eating food that is unfamiliar to me,'}, {'start': '50.160', 'end': '54.000', 'text': "too. I think it's a good way to explore"}, {'start': '52.079', 'end': '56.079', 'text': 'without really leaving your house. But'}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '57.600', 'text': "Yousef's mission faces some bumps in the"}, {'start': '56.079', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'road. You know, every time I look at the'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '62.000', 'text': "news, I think, wow, what's going to be"}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '64.239', 'text': 'next? But the difficult thing is the'}, {'start': '62.000', 'end': '66.159', 'text': "variety of product that's not coming in"}, {'start': '64.239', 'end': '68.320', 'text': 'that should be coming in. And if it does'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'come in, the costs go up. Prices going'}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'up because of tariffs, shipping costs on'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '75.280', 'text': 'the rise, pandemic supply chain issues,'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '77.360', 'text': 'and everything just costing more.'}, {'start': '75.280', 'end': '78.640', 'text': "They're putting customs on things. So, a"}, {'start': '77.360', 'end': '79.759', 'text': 'lot of things are being returned back'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '81.680', 'text': 'and saying, "Guess what? they\'re not'}, {'start': '79.759', 'end': '83.439', 'text': 'going to come in the US. And then and it'}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '85.200', 'text': 'turns around that once they do come back'}, {'start': '83.439', 'end': '87.200', 'text': "and they say it's been released, the"}, {'start': '85.200', 'end': '89.280', 'text': 'cost has gone up. Yousef tells me'}, {'start': '87.200', 'end': '91.200', 'text': "they're already seeing prices go up and"}, {'start': '89.280', 'end': '94.560', 'text': 'this is just the beginning. Things could'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '96.960', 'text': 'become 30 or 40% more expensive, make it'}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '99.079', 'text': 'hard for customers and for business. And'}, {'start': '96.960', 'end': '104.400', 'text': 'rice has already gone up from'}, {'start': '99.079', 'end': '106.640', 'text': '15.99 up to $17.99 up to 1999, $25.99,'}, {'start': '104.400', 'end': '108.960', 'text': "so forth. Tariffs aren't the only reason"}, {'start': '106.640', 'end': '111.280', 'text': "for prices rising, but certainly aren't"}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '113.520', 'text': 'helping stores that have to import items'}, {'start': '111.280', 'end': '115.520', 'text': "you can't get here. Yousef has tried"}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '117.600', 'text': 'absorbing some of those costs, but'}, {'start': '115.520', 'end': '119.520', 'text': "doesn't know how much longer he will be"}, {'start': '117.600', 'end': '121.920', 'text': "able to do that. So, it's just getting"}, {'start': '119.520', 'end': '123.600', 'text': 'more people to come in and purchase, but'}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '125.520', 'text': 'down the road, prices are going to have'}, {'start': '123.600', 'end': '128.080', 'text': 'to be increased. Jesse has concerns'}, {'start': '125.520', 'end': '130.399', 'text': "about these rising costs all over. It's"}, {'start': '128.080', 'end': '133.120', 'text': 'worrying um not just for my budget but'}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'also for like larger ramifications for'}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '137.200', 'text': 'what it means for our country and'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '139.360', 'text': 'whether or not we like exist in a global'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '141.200', 'text': 'community. And for Yousef, it all comes'}, {'start': '139.360', 'end': '143.120', 'text': 'down to doing the best for his'}, {'start': '141.200', 'end': '145.440', 'text': 'customers. Reality of it is just got to'}, {'start': '143.120', 'end': '147.760', 'text': 'be thankful for what you have and and'}, {'start': '145.440', 'end': '153.000', 'text': 'just continue on in Salt Lake City. I am'}, {'start': '147.760', 'end': '153.000', 'text': 'Miguel B. Fox 13 News Utah.'}]