Argentina ranks as the second most expensive country in Latin America to buy food in supermarkets

Argentina is ranked as the second most expensive country in Latin America for food and beverage purchases in supermarkets, according to a report from the private sector. In detail, a family of four needs about US$557 monthly to cover their basic basket, an amount higher than that recorded in countries such as Chile, Peru or Brazil. The study takes a basket of products that replicates the Basic Food Basket that the INDEC calculates for the Greate…

The beef represented the highest expenditure for an Argentine family: $138 per month, according to a report by the Ecosur Foundation.

According to a private report prepared by Ecosur, the country is located only behind Uruguay on a list made up of 10 countries in the region. Argentina is positioned as the second most expensive country in Latin America to make purchases of food and drinks in supermarkets, according to a report by Fundación [...] The entry Argentina is the second most expensive country to fill the changuito in Latin America was first published in Pausa.

The products and quantities of the changuito taken as reference are mainly based on the Basic Food Basket that INDEC calculates for the Gran Buenos Aires region (GBA). The same products and quantities used in Argentina were applied to the other countries of the region to make the baskets comparable, the report clarified. The study assessed the cost of filling the changuito with food and drinks in 10 Latin American countries to cover the monthly …