An increase in the price of Chile is expected in Nogada due to hailstorms and droughts in Puebla

The restaurant industry in Puebla is ready to receive the chile en nogada season in July and exceed the sale of 4 million pieces; However, the price of the emblematic dish will rise between 25 to 50 pesos compared to last year, due to climatic effects such as droughts and hailstorms that impacted the cost of the inputs used to make it. Carlos Azomoza Alacio, president of the National Chamber of the Restaurant and Seasoned Foods Industry (Canirac) explained that castile walnut, an ingredient used for nogada, began with an increase of 50 percent. “Everything has been going up, in fact, the walnut started at 1,200 pesos, when last year, we were normally buying it between 800 to 850 pesos per kilo, clean. Today it exceeded 1,200 pesos, now it went down, the heavy rains started and that will benefit us in lowering prices.” He commented that the price of the dish depends on various factors, from the size, quantity of ingredients, so the cost for this season will be determined once the ...