Quail eggs sell at 70-80 pesos per box (hundred eggs per box) before the influx of these calamares from China. For the past three months, its price plunged to beyond break-even 50-60 pesos per box!
Earlier this day, I was talking to a quail farmer and he was very happy that the price of quail eggs is rebounding. He says that most of the ambulant quail egg vendors have shifted to calamares because of better income (due to the very low cost of calamares) which decreased the demand for quail eggs. His seaman neighbor, instead of boarding another ship, shifted to selling calamares and earns more than 3000 pesos a day!
His case against China calamares:
- It has formalin as preservative.
- Vendors use recycled cooking oil.
- Anti Pinoy farmer (corn-->feeds-->quail-->egg).