Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno spoke to several grocery store owners of Buenos Aires province to decide which products will be included in the 100 pesos Christmas basket.
“I just finished talking with Moreno, because we have a good relationship with him, despite some unavoidable friction, but we get along well,” the head of the Federation of Grocery stores and supermarkets of Buenos Aires province, Enrique Salvador, explained.
“The hundred pesos basket will not provide a big satisfaction, but it it’s not bad. We might create it,” Salvador added. Earlier he said that it would be very hard to create a Christmas basket four for people with a $100 cost when the annual inflation rate reaches 25 percent.
However, after having “a light, very practical talk with Moreno,” grocery store owners know which products will be included in the Christmas basket. “It could easily include chicken, canned peaches, one or two wines, one or two wines, two bottles of cider, nougat candy and that would amount to approximately $100,” Salvador added.
“This is no solution for a person with a good income and wants to indulge, but for the middle class who is undergoing a bad economic situation, or for those who don’t have jobs,” Salvador concluded.
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