With the announced price increase, the suggested price per kilo of bread will be between 460 and 480 pesos from Monday.
In addition, he assured that the decision was made “to continue taking care of our industry, our SMEs and the source of work for bakers.”
Among the bakery centers that adopted the measure, in addition to the one mentioned in Merlo, are those of Quilmes, Florencio Varela, Moreno, General Rodríguez, Marcos Paz, Las Heras, Exaltación de la Cruz, Campana and Zárate, among others.
On the other hand, Pinto sent a message to the Government and business sectors involved in the production chain before the rise in costs. “We call on the business sectors and government authorities to stop the increasesbecause price increases mean restrictions and decreases in consumption and that, in the short and medium term, means closures of bakeries and layoffs,” said the leader, adding that the latter is “something we want to avoid.”
The bakery centers have suffered in recent weeks the impact of different increases, including electricity and gas rates, in addition to fuel.
Meat, another product that rises
In parallel to the increase in bread, the Government announced that it will not intervene in the face of the rise in another of the most widely consumed products among Argentines, the meat, happened in the last rounds in the Mercado Agroganadero de Cañuelas, although it will analyze the level of supply because it considers a key factor to cushion the increases.
“We are going to work on the normal supply because if the supply is normal, the price adjusts”said the Secretary of Agriculture Juan José Bahillo.
The rise in the price of meat in the concentration markets was one of the topics discussed yesterday at the meeting held by representatives of the Liaison Table and the Governmentaccording to the official commented.
The values of the farm on foot registered increases of up to 30% and it is expected that, gradually, it will be reflected on the counters because, according to the butchers, there is no margin for an economic transfer given the general economic situation.
Source: Ambito
