The holiday season is coming and families are looking for prices to enjoy the traditional sweet table that accompanies the toast. Furthermore, in less than a week, December 8th is approaching and the bazaars prepare the decorations to decorate the Christmas tree, which must be assembled that day.
The table was set, the Christmas tree is missing
There are four days left until in the living room of the homes the Christmas tree appears decorated and many are in charge of checking at the last minute which decorations are in condition and which would be good to replace.
Xavierowner of Abanico Bazar, located in the Buenos Aires town of Guernica, offers Christmas trees from 40 centimeters starting at $6,000up to pines of 1.80 meters by $90,000. Also sells colored balls in a pack of four $5,000, lights multicolored $3,400, led lights warm or white $4,900 or else light hoses five meters from $18,0000and 10 meters for $27,000.
“They are base prices, you have to think that is spent from these figures onwards“, clarifies the merchant in dialogue with Scope.
The Christmas basket: how much do the products cost
What are the foods that cannot be missed at Christmas and how much do they cost? Traditionally, at the table of Argentine families there is usually sweet breada puddingthe sugared, peanuts with chocolate and the nougats, among other products.
According to a survey by the consulting firm Focus Marketthe average value of a Christmas basket rose 89% compared to last year, an increase below inflation that in year-on-year terms marked 193%. Thus, the basket, which in 2023 cost $16,004, is now worth $30,265, the report says.
In a Mataderos wholesale supermarketDaniel offers two types of Christmas boxes: one premium and another classicadapted to the pockets of families who must prioritize prices over quantity of products.
A premium Christmas box and a cheaper one
The premium christmas boxthe most selected, has a sales cost of $18,900 and contains a bottle of cider, sweet bread, nougat, pudding, caramelized sugar, Mantecol and two bottles of wine.
Those looking for a more limited budget can find a classic christmas boxwith a sales cost of $10,500which includes a cider, sweet bread, nougat, a pudding, sugar candy and a bottle of wine.
“It is selling very well. Unlike previous years, the premium one sells a little more”, observes Daniel, manager of the premises.
In another part of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), Marta, owner of a warehouse in Almagro, offers slightly higher prices for a basic Christmas basket for two people, which costs around $11,600. That price includes two packages of confections to $1500 each one, a sweet bread with polished fruits $3900a pudding with dried fruits $1900 and one ciderthe most economical, $2800.
Marta also offers another basket that includes a champagne to $5300a peanut nougat to $2890a lemon pudding to $2300a sweet bread with fruits $6500 and two packages of confections to $3000 between the two. This basket already amounts to $19,900 and is designed for a Christmas shared between eight and ten people.
Finally, for families who have the option of receiving midnight with a table full of sweet things, in this store, you can find a sweet bread with dried fruits $11,600plus a pudding filled with dulce de leche with nuts $12,000other peanut nougat of 110 grams and adds a pionono and dulce de leche, to $3980 both elements. In total, the sweetest basket costs $30,470.
For those who choose to set the sweet table with homemade cuisine, a bakery in Balvanera offers english pudding to $6,000, sweet bread “super special” from 1 kilo to $22,000 (or half a kilo at $11,000), another of dried fruits at $26,000. They also sell sweet madrilenian bread, without fruits, but with a layer of almonds, $13,000.
Source: Ambito
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