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Profeco Reports No Broad Price Hikes in Rain-Hit Municipalities During Special Monitoring

Preliminary checks across 440 stores in seven Veracruz towns show no broad increases in the 26 tracked essentials.

Overview

  • The federal consumer watchdog began the operation on October 16 to deter abusive pricing and provide on-site guidance to affected residents.
  • Inspectors are applying the Quién es Quién en los Precios methodology to monitor staples such as corn tortillas, packaged bread, water, eggs, milk, poultry and disposable diapers.
  • Recent fieldwork concentrated on seven municipalities in Veracruz, including Poza Rica, Álamo, Tuxpan, Coatzintla and Papantla.
  • A total of 440 establishments have been reviewed, with price labels installed to reinforce transparent posting of costs.
  • Monitoring remains active across 26 affected municipalities, with Profeco describing the findings as preliminary and continuing oversight.