Overview
- Analytica’s April “Changuito Federal” finds a family of four needed between ARS 861,000 and ARS 984,200 to stock a monthly supermarket cart, depending on the province.
- Patagonia was the priciest region, led by Santa Cruz at ARS 984,263, while the Buenos Aires metro area was lowest at about ARS 861,000, a spread of ARS 123,213 or 14.3%.
- Month over month, supermarket costs rose as much as 3.2% in some provinces, with La Pampa up 3.2%, San Luis up 2.8%, and Formosa under 1%.
- Within the basket, sunflower oil showed the steepest and most widespread increases at 2%–4% in most provinces, reaching 5.4% in Jujuy, and bottled water also climbed 2%–4%.
- The results arrive ahead of INDEC’s official April inflation and updated basic-basket benchmarks, with private forecasters expecting the rate to come in below 3%.