A report by the Scentia consultant relieved an average setback of 10.2% in districts throughout the country.
The increase in Basic food basket over the Total basic basketin a new month of acceleration of the inflationhad its impact on the gondolas. The effect of these increases caused an impact on the consumption in supermarkets and self -serviceswhich accumulate a year and a quarter of deterioration in their sales.
From June to December 2023, Argentina registered seven months of growth in mass consumption with peaks in September (8.5%) and October (8%). However, since January 2024 every month they were falling: it began with a retraction of 3.5% year -on -year in January 2024 and It has 15 consecutive periods, up to 9.8% last February.
On average, and according to the consultant Scentia, there was 10.2%monthly drop since the first month of 2024, with peaks in September (-22.3%), October (-20.4%) and November (-20%). However, Since October 2024, the fall in consumption has been incurred four months of deceleration.
Fall of mass consumption: main items
The items that expressed greater fall between February 2025 and February 2024 (which was the second month of falling mass consumption of the government, with 4% with respect to the same period of 2023) were the items Without alcohol (-18.8%); Alcohol drinks (-16.2%); products considered consumption “impulsive“(-10.5%); Cleaning and home cleaning items (-9.7%); and Hygiene and Cosmetics Products (-8%).
The report also reveals that sales suffered a retraction in supermarkets and self -services throughout the countryboth in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA)where the fall was 8.3%, as in the rest of the Argentine provinceswhich had an average a reduction in consumption of 4.9%.
The food basket scored its largest rise in six months
The cost of Basic food basket (CBA)which measures the indigence line, climbed 3.2% in February, the highest record since September of last year. The total basic basket (CBT), which determines the poverty line, also accelerated, although at a lower pace.
The report published by Indec this Friday showed that, for the first time in nine months, the CBA rose above the CBT. This occurred In a context of higher increases in some foods, mainly in meat.
CBT increased 2.3%maximum since October 2024. Thus, a “type” family, composed of two adults and two children, needed in the second month of the year $ 1,057,923 so as not to be considered pooraccording to the official methodology, while not to fall into destitution required $ 468,108.
Source: Ambito
