Prepaid shopping makes the family basket more expensive.
According to the survey conducted by the Center for Education, Services and Consumer Advice (CESyAC), a typical family in the city of Buenos Aires in August needed a budget of $ 233,862.06 to cover all your expenses.
Of this amount, $ 168,793.88 (72%) is for procurement of basic home services, while $ 65,068.18 (28%) is for the purchase of mass consumer products.
The most significant increases among the products that make up the basket were fruit and vegetables (27.45%). In the latter item, those that increased the most were: potato (85.88%), onion (466.02%) and tomato (39.71%).
Within the basic services, what grew the most was the collective (40%), fuels (7.82%), ABL (5.90%).
The CESyAC survey includes, among other items, the housing rent, the cost of a 10-year car, prepaid medical subscriptionthe tuition for a private school for two children and the enrollment of families in a club (which was calculated with an average increase of 24.50%).
It is with these censored elements that the data a family needed in August are revealed $ 7,795.40 newspapers to cover monthly expenses; $ 2,168.94 must acquire mass consumer products e $ 5,626.46 to hire basic household services.
Items included in Service Prices are taken into account in the measurement. is approx a basket of 949 products. In the latest revision of this agreement, it was agreed with the different chambers a quarterly guideline for an average increase of 9.3%, which was divided as follows: 3.3% in July; 3.2% in August and 2.5% in September.
Of the products examined, the following increases were recorded: Domino sugar ($ 95.00 to $ 100), Dos anchors sale ($ 80.61 to $ 83.05), Arcor Plum Jam ($ 140.64 at $ 146.45) and Unión soft yerba mate ($ 293.72 to $ 311.34). .
The report specifies that, in a year-over-year comparison, “stellar increase” was detected in the same product as the Plusbelle 1L shampoo that became more expensive 326.36% (it was $ 143.03 as of September 2021 and is currently worth $ 609.83).
Meanwhile, 500g Luchetti mostacholes noodles went from $ 69.05 to $ 148.40, which represents a variation of 114.91% in one year. Lavandina 1L Ayudín was worth $ 58.58 a year ago, while it now costs $ 143.86 (145.56% more).
Source: Clarin
