Inflation in Argentina

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    Quote from GlasgowJohn

    April inflation recorded at 8.8%.

    Last 12 months 289.4%

    First 4 months of 2024 - 65%

    Slowly getting better but only very slowly

    This is even better than hoped for!

    I can’t remember: does Argentina include food prices in the inflation index? I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about this before, but just can’t recall if they do. I ask because it sounds as if grocery prices increased more than 8.8% in April.

    We have installed humidity absorbents in the bedroom wardrobe of our STR. They were about $4500 when my husband bought 4 of them at the end of March.

    As our last tenant checked out in Saturday and the absorbers converted into liquid, plus there was mold on the inside, he went scouting for the same stuff at Coto (where he originally bought them) and they cost 12,000 each.

    We’ll pass, thanks!

    That sounds like sheer opportunism on the part of the wood seller, Splinter . Or am I missing something? I’m assuming that fuel/transportation costs have risen. But as for the product, has Ma Nature quintipled the cost of wood ?

    Quote from Rice

    That sounds like sheer opportunism on the part of the wood seller, Splinter . Or am I missing something? I’m assuming that fuel/transportation costs have risen. But as for the product, has Ma Nature quintipled the cost of wood ?

    It's $100 more per kg to have it delivered and they're only coming down the road.

    $300/kg collect yourself or $400/kg delivered. We're getting 200kg delivered because our poor car is already in a mess and I don't want to wreck it any more.

    Anyway, it's still the cheapest price in these here parts, pardner.

    I can’t wait for some of you to get back to the UK and have a look around the supermarkets

    At the prices.

    Quote from Bombonera

    I can’t wait for some of you to get back to the UK and have a look around the supermarkets

    At the prices.

    I was looking at Tesco online prices yesterday to look at the price of double cream and it was cheaper than here!! As were tea bags.

    Quote from UK Man

    I was looking at Tesco online prices yesterday to look at the price of double cream and it was cheaper than here!! As were tea bags.

    Absolutely! I covered similar in a post 13 months ago. There’s plenty of things here way out of kilter price-wise and often things that are staples in the UK like bread for example are better and cheaper than here. And the UK isn’t even renowned for bread.

    I bought some Korean noodles earlier and paid p 4000 for them. An outrageous price but I want my spice hit in the next day or 2.

    One thing I bought in Tesco for my trip was a 48 tablet pack of Rennie. It was £6 which is ridiculous. Though I have no idea what they cost here.

    of course I could cherry pick cheap stuff as well as dear stuff. Because it is a mixed bag in comparison to here.

    Coffee springs to mind and I’ve a feeling the price has risen here too.

    It’s £7 a jar now pretty much across the board. That’s a big jar but it was a fiver a year ago.

    What I miss about UK shopping is knowing that prices don't go up every week, the incredible choice in supermarkets - wine for example is from all over the world, not just one country like here - and last but not least, the quality of what's on offer.

    This is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to our UK trip in August where I'm going to take my daughter shopping and help her stock up in Tesco, Morrison's, Aldi, Sainsbury, M&S and just enjoy the browsing like a cat in fish shop.

    Quote from Splinter

    This is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to our UK trip in August where I'm going to take my daughter shopping and help her stock up in Tesco, Morrison's, Aldi, Sainsbury, M&S and just enjoy the browsing like a cat in fish shop.

    My mother gets fed up to take me shopping at supermarkets because I am still in aisle 1 when she's already done shopping. I am just amazed by the quantity and quality, and variety. And now also by the price, I'd guess!

    Quote from Splinter

    What I miss about UK shopping is knowing that prices don't go up every week, the incredible choice in supermarkets

    Indeed.

    Where we are I just find going to the supermarket a ruddy chore. In the UK we enjoyed going to do the weekly shop especially for the range of products available and guaranteed quality. Lots of space to move about inside, the in store cafe for a cuppa and tons of car parking space outside.

    The two stores we have here are shite in comparison to be honest. :thumbdown:

    I am fairly lucky here / Jumbo has a pile of parking as does the big Coto in Garin.

    Jumbo is 10 minutes away and Coto about 15

    Even the small Dia has about space for 20 cars.

    Quote from GlasgowJohn

    I am fairly lucky here / Jumbo has a pile of parking as does the big Coto in Garin.

    Jumbo is 10 minutes away and Coto about 15

    Even the small Dia has about space for 20 cars.

    Both La Anonima and Vea have parking, the first is tiny with no room to manouvre so there's a good chance of having your car scraped. Vea's is always rammed full as people use it as a free town centre car park since the automatic barriers broke months ago and haven't been repaired. You used to have to ask for a ticket showing your receipt to get out.

    Quote from UK Man

    Both La Anonima and Vea have parking, the first is tiny with no room to manouvre so there's a good chance of having your car scraped. Vea's is always rammed full as people use it as a free town centre car park since the automatic barriers broke months ago and haven't been repaired. You used to have to ask for a ticket showing your receipt to get out.

    Which is why I prefer to always go on my bike. No parking worries.