Frozen concentrated orange jui ces trading up 25 per cent

Consumers who were worried about contracting COVID-19 have been boosting their immune system by drinking orange juices.

Frozen concentrated orange juice, traded in New York, rising 25 per cent to $1.214 a pound since the start of January.

US shoppers were stockpiling on the staple, as fears over labour shortage in factories and transportation have also given prices a lift.

“There is plenty of orange juice around but it’s a bit like toilet paper – there is no shortage but people have been rushing to buy it” according to a supermarket manager.

The Arabica coffee, the higher grade bean, went up by 24  per cent a week ago to $ 1.277 a pound in New York.