
Two days ago, National Flour Mills Ltd (NFM) increased flour prices by a whopping 33% in Trinidad and Tobago. We’re still awaiting the ripple effect, but in the meantime, check out these tweets by Trini Twitter and let us know if you laughed, cried, or buss ah steups.
1. A legitimate question.
How to make flour?
— Fitz 🦁 (@DFCL4) June 22, 2022
2. It’s all a scam.
So the prize for surviving a whole pandemic is inflation and misery? Thanks for nothing, 21st century.
— s a n d z (@_ashes____) June 22, 2022
3. Seems like a fair trade.
I am willing to trade for two lots of land… pic.twitter.com/nQoHHSDr2s
— Dre ⚽️ (@Spinx182) June 22, 2022
4. Kiss, we been fed up with you.
I’m not even sure kiss bread made with flour at this point so they better not raise no prices
— Sunkissed Ness (@NessyAustin) June 22, 2022
5. Could. Never. Be.
This could never be the same adulthood my parents went through.
— DayreonM 🇹🇹 (@DayreonM) June 22, 2022
I take a power nap and is three inflations.
6. At this point, we’ll have to grow doubles on trees.
With doubles probably going up again by tomorrow we will have to rewind to earlier on in the pandemic and make some homemade doubles again
— Travis World (@itstravisworld) June 22, 2022
7. She’s a 10 but she eats flour.
New dating requirement “Must not eat flour”
— DayreonM 🇹🇹 (@DayreonM) June 22, 2022
8. It’s like our leaders live for drama.
The morning traffic and afternoon traffic seems to be back to pre-pandemic levels. Government and private sector leaders you should feel proud of yourselves.
— Samantha (@SamNatasha1972) June 22, 2022
We're back to spending money on gas/transport that we could be spending on flour/rice.
But yeah, normal right?
9. Carib and all making jokes alyuh.
You know what doesn’t have flour in it?…Carib.🫣
— Carib Beer (@Thecaribbeer) June 22, 2022
10. Maybe.
Y’all shouldn’t be eating flour anyways. Ur stomachs will go down.
— Renée Soya (@ReneeSoya) June 22, 2022
11. Maybe it is a message from God.
KFC & Flour going up in a message from God that Carnival is 244 days away!
— Erica (@rixieeg) June 22, 2022
Listen to the message!!!
12. Speaking of God…
Man shall not live by bread alone !!!!
— Keevan (@Keevotv) June 23, 2022
Can I get a……
13. Say what you sayin’ nah, Domino’s.
flour gone up today, pressure boy🤕
— Domino's TT (@dominospizzatt) June 22, 2022
14. Flour and ketchup? Two different stories.
When KFC made us pay $2 for ketchup we nearly riot. Flour rises by 33% and nary a word lmao
— Jabroni. (@peh_tree_yanna) June 22, 2022
15. ONE? We need at least 10 per soup.
1 dumpling per soup
— Keevan (@Keevotv) June 22, 2022
16. Eh Eh. Not today, not tomorrow, or the next lifetime.
If deh feel I on da with dem pic.twitter.com/FdCa05alMg
— Cordie868 (@CordellBoyce) June 22, 2022
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