Mexico: The tortilla continues its escalation in Guadalajara, reaches 23 pesos

The kilo of tortilla in Guadalajara is already priced at 23 pesos. This medium toured different tortilla shops and, although most were quoted at 22 pesos, there were others in which it reached 23. For example, at the tortilla factory where Martha works, the price went up the first week of March. However, in the last seven months the increase has been progressive. In August of last year the price was 18, at the beginning of this year it increased to 20 and now it is 23. “They had told us that because gas went up and corn was more expensive. There have been people who do take less (tortillas) because they try to save. I hope it doesn't increase anymore," he said. In the tortilla shop where Laura is located, it also increased 15 days ago from 20 to 23. While in others people can save one peso per kilo. Like where Alicia works, this was the first raise. “Here they raised the price last Thursday. He was at 20 from last year. Corn has risen a lot, they give it to them dearly, that's ...