Overview

• Households needed an average of more than 690,000 pesos to fill a standard supermarket basket in July, with Santa Cruz averaging 769,319 pesos and Misiones 691,579 pesos.
• Monthly changuito costs rose most steeply in Jujuy (3.9%), Catamarca (2.5%) and Corrientes (2.5%), with Catamarca facing a 34,000-peso jump in just 30 days.
• Analytica’s “Changuito Federal” index uses identical brands and package sizes from online supermarket listings to ensure strict province-to-province comparability.
• A CELAG analysis of INDEC data found some staples, including table salt, surged up to 334% in Greater Buenos Aires between November 2023 and July 2025, illustrating long-term purchasing-power erosion.
• July’s food inflation matched the 1.9% headline CPI and a four-person family required over 1.1 million pesos to stay above the poverty line, highlighting ongoing budget pressures despite slowing inflation.