The price of lays...

[CarverFan]

I thought that would get you reading!....why are the locally manufactured lays so expensive now, especially compared to the imported pringles that haven't increased in the recent months. $10 for lays and $14 for the pringles in the tube. Supposedly the import taxes are now over 100% which makes the formerly expensive pringles now seem like a steal.
Yes I know I could make my own, someone says so every time I post, but I don't have time to make bread, tahini, potato chips, shake milk into cream or look after bees, cows, pigs and chickens.

 

[Davidglen77]

I thought that would get you reading!....why are the locally manufactured lays so expensive now, especially compared to the imported pringles that haven't increased in the recent months. $10 for lays and $14 for the pringles in the tube. Supposedly the import taxes are now over 100% which makes the formerly expensive pringles now seem like a steal.
Yes I know I could make my own, someone says so every time I post, but I don't have time to make bread, tahini, potato chips, shake milk into cream or look after bees, cows, pigs and chickens.

I agree, Bees are hard to look after, but the other stuff you should be able to do. jajaja, Anyway, I can't believe what chips cost here, today I bought a container of Casancrem (which is basically poor quality sour cream) as I am making mexican food tonight. It cost $15 pesos for a 600gr container. I used to buy a larger size of Breakstones sour cream in New York for $1,50 and 99c when it was on sale. What the fffff is going on with the prices, it's out of control.......

 

[Gringoboy]

The price of a lay.
Love it!

 

[konargy]

Lol, I recently bought some potatoe chips, and one of them still had the root of the potatoe attached... at least its natural =p

 

[CarverFan]

Impressive, konargy, what brand was that? I sometimes buy McJoe's, worth it for the name alone. They are less anaemic looking, though often stale.

 

[Ashley]

depends where you get them...My friend bought some lays (in the tube) today and they were 16 pesos (at a Chino)... I saw some pringles at a local store that sells coffee, chocolate, etc and they were being advertised for 17-something.
At my local supermarket, I think Pringles are 14 and Lays are about 12/13. Most of the medium bags of local chip brands are about 13 too

 

[glasgowjohn]

Lays were 11 pesos at the local chino for a while - they have just ( last week) gone up to 14 .

 

[ghost]

This is a great "street level" example of why trade barriers [especially in Argentina] have never worked to the benefit of the consumer.

 

[CarverFan]

Some chinese supermarkets sell little bags of home-made chips and other unbranded snacks (often come with a free pet cockroach or weevil...) That's the reality for most people on a peso wage - those and pan frances, cheap deli-cuts, sachets of milk, etc...

 

[chris]

Some chinese supermarkets sell little bags of home-made chips and other unbranded snacks (often come with a free pet cockroach or weevil...) That's the reality for most people on a peso wage - those and pan frances, cheap deli-cuts, sachets of milk, etc...

Yes, thats the reality for most people -- get out of the expat protection zone and you really see it. And Argentina is a major agricultural nation!