In it aaccumulated from the first quarter, the sale of food, beverages, personal hygiene and cleaning products, expanded 6.2%, thus sustaining a trend that had started in the last quarter of 2021.
In the breakdown by items, Scentia revealed in April a very important increase of 35% in the segment Impulsive, which groups candies, pills, chocolates, alfajores, nougats, and cigarettes, among others. he followed him Drinks with alcohol, which advanced 14%. To some extent, both items explain this impact of local and receptive tourism.
“To this we can add the situation that we have detected in border areas, with significant growth (border with Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil)”, indicated the Scentia report. That is why the growth of consumption, at least in these first months of the year, is held with “tweezers”.
The consulting firm LCG revealed an acceleration in inflation during the second week of the month. The price of food rose 2.1% last week, which is added to the 1.2% of the first week of May. To take into account: 28% of the products surveyed by LCG increased in price in the last week. It’s about a record record in the analyzes carried out by the consultant each week.
The increase responds to a more precise survey where the projected increases in categories such as housing, health and education stand out, driven by the increase in prepaid (8%), schools in PBA (8%), fuels (8%), domestic service (12%) and expenses (12%) among others. According to the latest LCG report, in the last four weeks food and beverages rose 5.3%.
Regarding the monthly variation, clothing takes the upper hand with increases of up to 12%, followed by Health Education 7.2%, Leisure 8%, Health 6.9%. In other words, the regulated increases are mostly the ones that are promoting the rises.
Source: Ambito
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