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Profeco and Sedeco Data Expose Wide Cost Swings in Mexico’s Basic-Basket Staples

Supermarkets alongside local markets now publish regularly updated prices to help families find as much as 232 pesos in savings.

Iván Escalante Ruiz, titular de la Profeco, exhortó a hacer compras siguiendo las recomendaciones de Quién es Quién en los Precios.
Tuvo mercado de San Juan Morelia el precio más alto de la canasta básica
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Encuentran diferencia de hasta $232 pesos en precios de la canasta básica; Profeco exhibe a supermercados. / PROFECO. - Imagen ilustrativa hecha con IA (Chatpgt).

Overview

  • Profeco’s PACIC review from June 30 to July 4 found Chedraui Poliforum in León offering the lowest basket at 736.70 pesos and Bodega Aurrerá Lomas de la Presa in Tijuana the highest at 969.40 pesos.
  • The national basic-basket spread of 232 pesos builds on Quién es Quién en los Precios audits, underscoring persistent inflationary pressure.
  • Michoacán Sin Carestía’s latest weekly audit reports Morelia’s Tianguis de la Feria at 972 pesos for 25 items and Mercado San Juan at 1,276 pesos at the top end.
  • Other Michoacán municipalities show similar swings, with Lázaro Cárdenas’s Walmart at 1,371 pesos versus Bodega Aurrerá at 1,260 pesos and notable differences in Zamora, Uruapan, Zitácuaro and Apatzingán.
  • Profeco chief Iván Escalante Ruiz urged shoppers to consult federal and state price platforms and favor local markets to save on groceries, noting jitomate prices range from 13.99 to 39.90 pesos per kilo.