Overview
- Analytica’s February reading shows a family’s supermarket basket ranged from roughly ARS 829,000 to ARS 950,000, with month-on-month gains between 1.2% and 2.6% across all provinces.
- Patagonia remained the priciest region, led by Santa Cruz at ARS 944,603, while Misiones was among the lowest at ARS 828,807, underscoring price dispersion exceeding ARS 115,000.
- The sharpest provincial rises were in Formosa (+2.6%), Catamarca (+2.4%) and La Pampa (+2.3%); Corrientes (+0.6%) and San Juan (+0.4%) saw the smallest moves.
- Sunflower oil climbed 2%–4% in most provinces, drinkable yogurt rose 3%–6% with spikes in Santa Cruz (+9.3%) and Tierra del Fuego (+15%), and a dozen eggs increased above 4% nationwide, topping 10% in northern provinces.
- Despite higher absolute prices in the south, Analytica estimates the basket equals 15.6% of two average salaries in Patagonia versus 29.1% in the NEA; a separate Rosario barrio survey put monthly food at ARS 1,212,216.76 and the Total Basic Basket at ARS 3,565,343.41, noting uneven pricing between stores.