My in-laws invited me with them to Nini in La Plata. It's pretty nice, clean and cheap so I thought I'd share a few of the prices. I spent about AR$1300, and I suppose it wouldn't make too much sense to go there unless you plan to spend AR$800 or more, mostly on non-perishables. They do offer a free flete for purchases over AR$3000 - not sure if it goes all the way to Capital, but if so, it could be interesting for 2 or 3 people to go there by bus and share a flete delivery. The place is fairly roomy and the lines not too long for this type of store. We waited about a 1/2 hour in line. They have a wide selection of food, wine, kitchen items, cleaning items, meat, some school supplies, etc.
www.nini.com.ar
But first, on the ride back, I made up a brain teaser:
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Math in Argentina:
A man bought a juice for $4 pesos at a local store. Later he went to a wholesale place and bought 10 juices for $60 pesos ($6 pesos each) and he thought "Wow, what a great deal, I have to tell all my friends about this!". What happened, is the man stupid?
(Answer below)
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And now a few highlights of prices from Nini
Baggio juice, 1 ltr, Durazno $5.59
Chango sugar, 10kg $47.77
La Paulina Butter 500gr $17.51
Nobie rice 5kg $35.09
La Cumbrecita yerba 500g $11.55
10 spiral notebooks 84pgs $80.30
Chelita whole milk 12 liters $73.48
This milk comes in 1ltr cartons and keeps 3 months out on a shelf. This could be a whole other thread. Even the regular milk here that you buy in a plastic bag can be left out all day and into the next without going sour. I do think the bag helps a little, by collapsing around the milk and giving less contact with air. But in the US it's what, maybe half a day and you have stinky lumpy sour milk? I don't know what they're adding to the milk here, but I just hope it is "preserving" me as well, and not killing every friendly bacteria in my digestive tract.
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(brainteaser answer)
No, the man is not stupid. "Later" wasn't later the same day, it was 2 years later, and retail prices had gone up from $4 to $12 for each juice. The wholesale price was 50% off. Welcome to Argentina!
