The new Preservation Prices apply for meat but it’s hard to find them on gondolas

As the Secretary of Commerce prepares claims to mass consumption companies for the missing products of Care Prices, In gondolas, there are also very few cuts of meat labeled lower price included in the official program. According to a survey done by Clarion, the presence of trays with such prices has a different following: in some cases, the discounts available in supermarkets do not exist. In some, the offer complies with regulations and in others, it is minimal or limited to less popular reductions.

However, the Government has published in the Official Gazette the updated list of the most popular cuts of meat that can be established according to an agreement on refrigerators. These prices (except Patagonian region) was announced on April 7 jalong with those in the + Care Prices program, when listings for the first quarter were renewed.

This is resolution 405/2022, where “the recommended price lists for meat cuts, from April 8, 2022, in accordance with the addenda to the agreements reached with the ‘+ Prices of Care’ Program ”, the text says.

According to official information, the price list applies to the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires and within the country. The values ​​are as follows: strip roast $ 679; empty $ 815; $ 810 kill; skirt $ 449; grilled cover $ 679; buttock $ 859 and palette $ 699.

While, in the Patagonian region, strip roast or skirt steak is not included, and for the remaining five cuts the prices are: $ 879 for both empty meat and matambre, $ 698 for roast tapa, $ 899 for butt and $ 739 for the palette.

As for the real existence of popular prices in chains, the situation is different, according to this newspaper.

It’s hard to choose what to buy at these prices, right? says a client in front of the refrigerator of a Carrefour supermarket in Vicente Lopez, where Cared Prices for meat are obvious in its absence. In this mouth, buyers have no other alternative: the ball of loin at $ 1,089 or the rump at $ 1,259. The narrow steak, in the same gondola, costs $ 899 per kilo, the empty $ 1,119 and the popcorn $ 1,019.

On the other hand, in a branch of Jumbo, the chain of the Cencosud group, trays were found with cautiously priced. in some cuts such as grilled lid, skirt and matambre. Apart from the Care Prices, the values ​​have climbed meteorically: the kilogram of Vacuum roasted costs $ 1,295 per kilo and bife de chorizo ​​or rib eye is $ 1,635. The fish, for its part, didn’t seem to show any decline after Easter: pink salmon held up yesterday at a historic record of $ 3,789 per kilo.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Makro wholesale supermarket, a white sign with red letters announced the availability of a “Government Price” barbecue at $ 679 in a refrigerator at the mega-store located in Panamericana. Beside, other popular cuts are also available. But apart from these offers, the meat on the supermarket counter is priced $ 1,099 a kilo empty; $ 949 for the loin ball and $ 1,149 for the rump.

Suppose, according to official information, reductions with discounted prices should be available at more than 1,000 outlets which include large supermarket chains Coto, Jumbo, Vea, Disco, Carrefour, Walmart, Changomas, La Anónima and Día; as well as wholesale chains Vital and Makro and butcher shops affiliated with Única and ABC.