Peruvian families' economy are affected by the rise in prices of food

The family economy, itself hit by the massive loss of jobs or salary reductions imposed by COVID-19, is now suffering from higher food prices. In the Los Andes market in El Agustino, now you pay for a head of celery just over S / 5.00, when it used to be worth S / 0.50 at most. Something similar is registered in lettuce, whose unit used to be offered at S / 1.00 and now merchants sell it for up to more than S / 6.00, since suppliers sell them a dozen for more than S / 40.00 (Before they bought them for S / 10.00). Likewise, the parsley branch went from its minimum price (S / 0.10) to S / 1.00; the pore from S / 0.30 to S / 1.00; coriander from S / 0.50 to S / 2.00 and spinach from S / 0.30 to more than S / 2.50. The merchants explain that in recent days not many products entered due to the agrarian strike and the refusal of a group of informal workers to be relocated to the Tierra Prometida market, promoted by the Municipality of Lima. Thus, those who distribute products for ...