Saturday photoblogging: 15% cut in Argentina supermarket prices

this is a change from my usual photoblogging of beautiful or unusual scenery or places... but, hey, i took the picture only two hours ago and i thought it was cool... so there...

The government yesterday [December 1] signed a two-month price accord with the country’s leading supermarkets to lower prices by 15 percent in its latest effort to rein in galloping inflation. The agreement was the first major announcement by new Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and requires cuts in the prices of food, clothing and personal hygiene products until January 31.

oops... i said in a post earlier today that the cut was for three months... it's not... it's for two...



Signs promoting the 15% price cut in
the produce area of the Coto supermarket.
The sign on the left is for onions and
the one on the right is for sweet potatoes.

i went grocery shopping this afternoon and coto (a large national chain) was a madhouse... the place was packed, every single checkout line was humming, and shoppers and their overflowing baskets were lined up down every aisle... it took me 40 minutes of waiting in line to get out of there... and i couldn't believe how much everyone was buying... it looked like some of them hadn't shopped in months, either that or they weren't planning on shopping again until after christmas...

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