Price of salt: how much it costs today in supermarkets

THE salt It is one of the essential products of the basic basket, which has recently undergone strong increases. How much does a pack of salt cost at the supermarket?

According to the last one Consumer price index (IPC) of Indec, the food they increased on average by 20.4%.

Last IPC indicates that the 500 gram package of fine salt In Buenos Aires it costs around 638 dollars, 60.4% more than the previous month, when it cost 397 dollars.

In hypermarkets the 500 gram pack of fine salt It is between $800 and $1600. While 500 gram coarse salt varies between $700 and $1,400 depending on the brands.

For his part, the grilled salt It can be found at a price between $460 and $800.

According to data from IPC, In the Pampa area the food product increased by 19.9%, in the Northeast by 17.3%, in the Northwest by 19.3%, in Cuyo by 18% and in Patagonia by 27.3%.

What were the foods that increased the most in January?

In JanuaryTHE food has increased On average at a national level, 20.4%, due to the smaller increase in the price of meat compared to December, an item which also has a very high weight in the general index.

In Capital and GBA, the prices of food and non-alcoholic drinkson average, it increased by 19.6%, while “meat and meat products” increased by only 12.8%.

But milk, dairy products and eggs increased by 27.7%. In this area, fresh milk stood out, with an increase of 37.03% against 34.47% in December. And yogurt, up 31.73% compared to 29.41% in December.

In bread and cereals the average increase was 23.6%, with table bread an increase of 43.03%.

Finally, coffee, tea, yerba and cocoa increased by an average of 35.5%. But coffee recorded an increase of 70.45%.