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Yes, it was an outdoor farmer type market in a suburb of Buenos Aires, there were signs saying for example, butter costs 10 pesos a kilo(or whatever, sorry I ca
by telesilla 5y ago
Yes, it was an outdoor farmer type market in a suburb of Buenos Aires, there were signs saying for example, butter costs 10 pesos a kilo(or whatever, sorry I can't recall the values). Maybe I misunderstood but it seemed to be a notice that the consumer shouldn't pay higher than that price, to keep inflation controlled. It was not a tourist market at all, everything in español.
- gus_massa 5y agoIt's difficult to be sure without a photo, but probably it was part of the program "precios cuidados". It was not 100% mandatory, and not 100% voluntary, it was something in between, so I don't blame you for being confused. The factory and the supermarket got some benefit in exchange of keeping some of the products in the list at a low price. For example, nobody fussed them if the premium brand increase the price. Something similar happened with the Big Mac in McDonald's. At some point the price of the Big Mac was like 30% lower than the other similar hamburgers. Inside the restaurant, you had big advertisements of the other combos, hamburgers and premium hamburgers, but the Big Mac appeared only in the small list of prices in the corner. I found this link with more details https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-02-07/argentina-likely-manipulating-big-mac-prices-keep-inflation-seemingly-lower https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-02-07/argentina-likely-mani...