In Buenos Airesthe government of Axel Kicillof decided last Tuesday to strengthen the Mercados Bonaerenses program, whichpoint to bring producers closer to consumers and reduce the influence of intermediaries and thus lower the prices of basic necessities, and for this it launched an application for cell phones that includes a calendar, geolocation of fairs and contacts.
According to the president, in the province, there are already 76 adhered municipalities and 124 points where fairs are held.
“The next goal is 10 new markets. Another line of work is to do something similar to what is happening in the Central Market, which is a wholesale market, but has retail outlets. Today we have 51 markets in the province of Buenos Aires, fruit and vegetables, where we are starting with retail as well, that the retailer can go to the wholesaler and buy,” he explained.
In addition, The government announced a discount plan for consumers with Banco Provincia’s DNI Merchants Account platform, which will reach a 40% refund on Fridays and Saturdays in Aprilwhile the Buy in Community campaign continues, through the initiative Let’s go to the Central Market, which organizes the transportation of residents of municipalities of Greater Buenos Aires to the Central Market on Fridays and Saturdays.
Meanwhile, the Buenos Aires Price Survey and Supervision Program provides for controls on compliance with price management agreements and policies in supermarket chains and local businesses, while promoting adherence to the Care Prices program.
In Santa Fethe government of Omar Perotti put into effect this week the new stage of the Santa Fe Prices Program, which consists of 120 items available in 155 outlets in 50 locationswhich can be consulted at https://santafe.gob.ar/precios-santafesinos/.
The province’s Secretary of Domestic Trade, Juan Marcos Aviano, considered that it is “a new joint effort between private parties and the provincial government,” which “allows lists and prices to be renewed for 60 days.”
“We must be in all the marketing channels where the consumer goes. The large chains, the regional and self-service supermarkets, and the stores and kiosks. We can reach all strata if we coordinate between the public and private sectors as we do in Santa Fe,” Avian added.
In mendozathe Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce agreed to identify with the brand “Raíces Mendoza” local products that are part of different super and hypermarkets that operate in the province and for this it signed agreements so that products from small and medium-sized producers have the opportunity to enter the large chains and that consumers can easily find them on the shelves.
Sources from the local economic portfolio explained to Telam that the “Raíces Mendoza” program is not specifically about prices, but it ends up impacting them with better offers, since by linking small and medium-sized producers with the big chains, it achieves this effect, which also ends up benefiting the pockets of the final consumer.
In saint Louisthe Ministry of Production has a program of fairs for small and medium-sized producers, through which it allows them to meet in a space to market their products without intermediaries and on an itinerant basis in different cities, between two or three times a week.
In this way, residents can access the different products that are marketed at a differential price and taking advantage of the space that is a local government brand.
Tucumán applies the Protected Prices program together with local businessmen and includes five Tucuman companies that, in coordination with the provincial State, promote products such as meats, dairy products, juices and polenta are available at discounted prices of more than 50% of their value in the gondolas of shops throughout the province.
The plan seeks to obtain products destined for businesses at factory prices and strengthen local businesses, whose owners usually belong to family economies, promote Tucuman companies and that consumers can buy food at good prices.
the province of Cordova there are no agreements between the State and commercial sectors to mitigate the inflationary impact on prices, although the provincial capital has authorized free fairs that offer different food products at affordable prices.
The fairs work on a rotating basis from Tuesday to Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in 33 neighborhoods of the city of Córdoba with products, in most cases, coming from producers of the social economy, such as fruits, vegetables, eggs, chickens, bakery and other foods that do not need refrigeration.
In Land of Firefairs and popular markets, in addition to price agreements with wholesale businesses and supermarkets constitute the strategy of municipalities and the government of the province to guarantee the population the purchase of food at fair and accessible prices.
In the city of Ushuaia, the mayor launched a “meat, fruit and vegetable concentrator market” that operates from Thursday to Saturday in a municipal center and offers “meat, chicken, fruit and vegetables with prices up to 50% lower “, explained communal sources consulted by Télam.
The initiative seeks to “collaborate with the economy of the families of Ushuaia, offering top quality products that also include a varied, healthy and balanced diet,” said Gustavo Ventura, Undersecretary of Economic Development of the municipality.
And the Rio Grande commune implemented “The market in your neighborhood”, consisting of a fair of products at popular prices and also includes information stands for access to student scholarships, technological games and free adoption of pets.
The Undersecretary of Commerce of the Province, Jaime Alderete, reported that with wholesale businesses “we start with specific agreements but we are going to try to replicate them in other businesses to offer different alternatives. We also want these measures to continue throughout the year.”
In Neuquenthe digital platform of the “There is a product” fair was designed by the Provincial Social Economy Directorate after the pandemic, when the itinerant modality could not be continued and has now begun to be resumed.
It is a catalog that, through an attractive and accessible presentation, offers the purchase of all kinds of products: from alfajores de piñón and clothing, to the offer of different services.
The main objective of “There is a product” is to favor the development and strengthening of social economy initiatives that contribute to improving the quality of life of the Neuquén population and can be visited at https://hayproducto.neuquen.gov.ar/inicio.
In Chubutthe coordinator of the Provincial Executing Unit, Pablo Muñoz, assured that “the concentrator market for fruits and vegetables that exists in Trelew is a clear example of access to basic products of good quality and at affordable prices.”
Muñoz explained that “the State has that structure where stallholders offer their products that can be purchased up to 70% below the price obtained in the traditional market.”
“The issue is that it is sold by bulk and in quantity, but if several families are organized in community purchases or even co-workers, the savings are obvious,” he said.
In Santa Cruz, The provincial government announced a price agreement with fishmongers with a suggested price for the sale of hake of 500 pesos per kilo for Easter.
“The agreement, which is extensive to all the cities of the province that wish to join through their Chambers of Commerce, seeks to ensure popular access to fish, taking into account the proximity of the celebration of the Easter festival,” the Santa Cruz government reported.
The information recorded adherence to the agreement in seven fishmongers in Río Gallegos, two in Pico Truncado and one in Caleta Olivia, with prices set at $400 and $460 in the case of the cities of northern Santa Cruz.
Source: Ambito
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