The promises and pitfalls of grocery shopping in Buenos Aires

[Bettina]

I do NOT like the supermarkets here compared to the States or anywhere else in Latin America. They are terrible here. Must be decades of socialism. I wonder when they will improve?

The promises and pitfalls of grocery shopping in Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires Herald

From verdulerías and carnicerías to Barrio Chino spice runs, an expat discovers that stocking the pantry is as much about curiosity as convenience

buenosairesherald.com

 

[GlasgowJohn]

What annoys me is that you have to be a statistician to work out prices.
Why do they continue to have 2 x 1 offers , 3 x 2 offers and 4 x 3 offers every week?
Add in the second item with 50 , 60 , 70 or 80% off and you start to go crazy!
Of course all theses prices are inflated to allow the supermarkets to offer theses crazy discounts .
And the other big question , with which card to do i pay?
Depending on the day of the week , there will be a discount from the bank or the credit card company.
And sometimes these are in addition to the discounts mentioned before and sometimes they are not.
Bloody crazy.....

 

[ben]

I have to be honest, supermarkets are terrible here compared to back home.

 

[ben]

What annoys me is that you have to be a statistician to work out prices.
Why do they continue to have 2 x 1 offers , 3 x 2 offers and 4 x 3 offers every week?
Add in the second item with 50 , 60 , 70 or 80% off and you start to go crazy!
Of course all theses prices are inflated to allow the supermarkets to offer theses crazy discounts .
And the other big question , with which card to do i pay?
Depending on the day of the week , there will be a discount from the bank or the credit card company.
And sometimes these are in addition to the discounts mentioned before and sometimes they are not.
Bloody crazy.....

Agree! Here is a novel idea! Just price the normal cost of stuff and make it supply and demand based. Stop with all of these ofertas and just make it easy to understand and per item. Stores can't just price normal. And you have to make a spreadsheet just to see which days have discount with which card. Terrible!

 

[Betsy Ross]

What annoys me is that you have to be a statistician to work out prices.
Why do they continue to have 2 x 1 offers , 3 x 2 offers and 4 x 3 offers every week?
Add in the second item with 50 , 60 , 70 or 80% off and you start to go crazy!
Of course all theses prices are inflated to allow the supermarkets to offer theses crazy discounts .
And the other big question , with which card to do i pay?
Depending on the day of the week , there will be a discount from the bank or the credit card company.
And sometimes these are in addition to the discounts mentioned before and sometimes they are not.
Bloody crazy.....

I think the same thing each time I am at the supermarket. I literally had to make a note on my iPhone to remind myself which store has a discount on particular days.

Stores will do anything they can to keep inflated prices. The supermarkets have a monopoly and it drives me crazy. John is right it is annoying!

We will know that Argentina is going to turn the page when we see basic things like this working like a normal country. Argentina is far from normal.

 

[import export]

What annoys me is that you have to be a statistician to work out prices.
Why do they continue to have 2 x 1 offers , 3 x 2 offers and 4 x 3 offers every week?
Add in the second item with 50 , 60 , 70 or 80% off and you start to go crazy!
Of course all theses prices are inflated to allow the supermarkets to offer theses crazy discounts .
And the other big question , with which card to do i pay?
Depending on the day of the week , there will be a discount from the bank or the credit card company.
And sometimes these are in addition to the discounts mentioned before and sometimes they are not.
Bloody crazy.....

I laughed reading the article. Anyone that gets joy from grocery shopping in Buenos Aires is a masocist!