Corrientazo that diners in Medellín will feel with the increase in the prices of the traditional “caseritos” that for many workers are part of the fixed expenses during the month.
It turns out that according to Fenalco, although the owners of the restaurants in Medellín tried to keep the price of the corrientazo, finally the 28% increase in the food that this dish contains forced them to have an annual variation of 36%, raising the price of the dish of $15,000 to $18,000.
“We did a survey on how the prices of something very typical here are behaving and it is the current, a current that with the inflation we have today, which is around 13%, has been greatly affected,” said María José Bernal, Executive Director of Fenalco. Antioch.
According to the Dane Price Information System, Sipsa, among the foods with the highest increases in Antioquia are beans, plantains, and beef, pork, and other meat.
However, according to an exercise carried out by EL COLOMBIANO, the basic menu in Medellín continues to be between $14,000 and $15,000, depending on the sector and among the most popular positions of restaurant owners and administrators, they aim to maintain these prices and prefer the loyalty of the clientele before scaring away diners with exorbitant prices.
Fenalco Antioquia has been characterized in recent months by launching alerts that a sector of the citizenry and in economic sectors consider excessive. For example, he assured that the price of sancocho could go up to 80% and spending on school supplies would increase by up to 400%.
However, in the forecasts of the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, are that thanks to the drop in the price of the dollar the country will see changes in its CPI. What Ocampo says is that the drop in the exchange rate will mean lower prices for food, inputs and imported goods.