Does anyone else feel there might be a peso collapse this year?

[steveinbsas]

Lousy meanwhile restaurants and grocery stores increased 15 to 20% on the street in the past few days.

I buy chicken in the local barrio. On Wednesday of this week, the price for 3kg of patamuslo (drumstick and thigh) was $9.100. Today the price for 3kg was $11.200, an increase of about 23% in two days.

 

[Che1990]

If you do USDT, the “dólar cripto” is at $1310 right now

 

[on the brink]

I am amazed to see that despite these increases well above the purported inflation many restaurants and bars are still reasonably full, although not as in the past.

Not in San Isidro. Many are almost empty, just 20% of the tables occupied.

 

[FrankPintor]

I buy chicken in the local barrio. On Wednesday of this week, the price for 3kg of patamuslo (drumstick and thigh) was $9.100. Today the price for 3kg was $11.200, an increase of about 23% in two days.

Prices are just all over the place. I saw a tomato price of 2kg for 1000 Pesos last week, tonight it’s 1kg for 2000. And last week at the chicken place in Pilar, 5kg of chicken breasts were 28,000, yesterday they were 19,500. It’s nuts at the moment.

 

[ArgentinaVet]

I am amazed to see that despite these increases well above the purported inflation many restaurants and bars are still reasonably full, although not as in the past.

I went to Mirasol en la Recova at about 21:00 Friday and it was about 80% empty. Foreign tourism is dead in CABA right now and Argentines are cutting way back on restaurant spend.

 

[Rich One]

May sound repetitive but if you want prices to go Down buy only the essentials and eat home .

We spent years bragging about how cheap local prices were, now we'll spend the next years ? bitching about the exorbitant local prices. It's a rollercoaster ...

 

[FrankPintor]

Prices are just all over the place. I saw a tomato price of 2kg for 1000 Pesos last week, tonight it’s 1kg for 2000. And last week at the chicken place in Pilar, 5kg of chicken breasts were 28,000, yesterday they were 19,500. It’s nuts at the moment.

Sorry, it was a 3kg bag of chicken breasts. Only makes it worse, really. Brands Fadel or Soychú, good stuff. 28k last week, 19.5k this week. The "2" in the "28" is still visible on the whiteboard pricelist where they rubbed it out.

 

[chris]

I went to Mirasol en la Recova at about 21:00 Friday and it was about 80% empty. Foreign tourism is dead in CABA right now and Argentines are cutting way back on restaurant spend.

How much did you spend? What did you order?

 

[perry]

How much did you spend? What did you order?

mirasol is now 70000 pesos per person for two course and a house cup of wine . The top parrillas are over 150000 pesos per person now

 

[steveinbsas]

The top parrillas are over 150000 pesos per person now

This means that if I took a "date" for dinner at a top parrilla, I would have to pay more than I am currently paying for everything that I eat and drink in a month...and that is even with Friday's 23% increase in the price of pollo.

PS: I prepare and consume all of my meals (two per day in a six hour window, with no snacking whatsoever) at home.