The promises and pitfalls of grocery shopping in Buenos Aires

[Bingo]

we go to the one in Escobar.

They must be having a tough time everywhere at the moment.

Yes even at the Coto in Recoleta on French and Pueyrredon where I go it seems like hardly anything is taken off the shelves. I notice far less people. And exactly as you mentioned Finance Prof after the 3rd week of the month it is especially quiet. That is when I tend to go to get groceries. I try to avoid the weekends. But maybe on the weekends I will go and see how busy it is.

The numbers they are announcing in the newspapers in the drop in consumption you can definitely see that.

 

[Bettina]

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 HATE this. So annoying. I wish they would price like normal supermarkets around the world. I haven't seen anything like this. Even in Paraguay they have wonderful supermarkets with reasonable prices.

 

[bapal]

I am not sure if this is true, but whatever time and day I go to COTO/Carrefour near my place, it is always crowded, and these are the big ones. Never have I had to not wait in line to check out.

I am sure saying it is all empty everywhere fits the narrative, but supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants are always full or beaming with people in my area near Alto Palermo/Santa Fe.

 

[Wally]

I am not sure if this is true, but whatever time and day I go to COTO/Carrefour near my place, it is always crowded, and these are the big ones. Never have I had to not wait in line to check out.

I am sure saying it is all empty everywhere fits the narrative, but supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants are always full or beaming with people in my area near Alto Palermo/Santa Fe.

Lines are inevitable in most supermarkets in Recoleta or Palermo. Some of these photos are from locations outside of the city which probably have less traffic. Like @bapal unfortunately I always have to wait. Alto Palermo is a very high traffic area too.

 

[Bettina]

I am not sure if this is true, but whatever time and day I go to COTO/Carrefour near my place, it is always crowded, and these are the big ones. Never have I had to not wait in line to check out.

I am sure saying it is all empty everywhere fits the narrative, but supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants are always full or beaming with people in my area near Alto Palermo/Santa Fe.

They are full on the weekends when I go. I also go to Carrefour in Palermo Chico and there are usually lines. They don't like to have many workers at stores which is annoying so typically always a line.

I think half the bitching is people that just want prices to come back to how they were before but doubt they will come again for a few years. If things crash here then that could happen. We will see what happens. Some of my friends so things are bound to crash again.