Candlemas will hit Mexican pockets hard, tamales will cost 22-35% more
Tamales will be more expensive next time Day of the Candlemas Due to the economic conditions that exist in the country, this is what he assures cuauhtemoc Riverapresident of the National Alliance of Small Traders in an interview with Javier Alatorre and Ana María Lomelí through the radio signal of The Herald media group.
He explained that there are three markets related to this product: local merchants who produce and sell on the street, as well as convenience stores and large companies. All, he said, will be affected by inflation due to the financial crisis.
He pointed out that the corn husk tamale, the most consumed in the country, will cost 17 pesos, whereas last year it was bought for 14 pesos, which means a premium of three pesos.
In the franchises, he commented, it is 16 pesos, while in the supermarkets costs are estimated to be at least four pesos higher than a year ago. This means increases of 22-35%, depending on where you buy.
This will affect, assured the representative of the sector, the pockets of the Mexicanswho will not be able to have a comfortable celebration of the tradition with which the festivities of the season Christmas.
The inputs needed to create this type of food, he commented, are influenced by various factors: inflation which affects inputs such as flourthem transportation and the gasas good as offer and the request of this type of product.
“The market is a living entity, it is an active entity,” he said.
Families are expected to spend up to two thousand pesos on this celebration if they cook these foods themselves, so he recommended that the purchase of tamales be done at establishments or street stalls.
Iztapalapa invites you to the Tamal Fair
In the town hall of Iztapalapa, the 12th tamale fair takes place from January 27 to February 5. Located in the Macroplaza at iztapalapa citizens will be able to enjoy Tamales traditionalbut also with gourmet specialties, ancestral and exotic, to delight the most demanding palates with the great gastronomic variety offered to the entire population in this twelfth fair of its kind.
69 exhibitors from iztapalapa and some guest regions such as Tláhuac, Milpa Alta, Xochimilco, Gustavo A. Madero and Oaxacawhich offer their food of pre-Hispanic origin with specialties and culinary innovations for all the families present
In the Party there is a wide offer with more than 100 dishes, among which stand out the tamales in corn leaf with green sauce with pork, mole with chicken, purslane with chicken and pork, cochinita pibil, prawns, mushrooms, mushrooms, beans, chipilín, rabbit, corn. In addition to pineapple, strawberry, guava, blackberry with cheese, chocolate, pine nut candies. In addition to one side of the entrance, you can see the largest divine child in Mexico.
Source: El Heraldo De Mexico
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