Meats, corn, eggs, and other products in El Salvador increased in price

The rise in the prices of energy, propane gas and the increase in the minimum wage are the main culprits that the products are increasing in price substantially, according to the merchants of the Central Market in San Salvador. The worst part is being taken by small informal merchants such as soup kitchens and tortillerías, since they have to buy everything more expensive and without receiving any profit. Meat, corn, chicken, eggs and cheese, among others, have risen in price in recent weeks. They have also become more expensive disposable products that are usually used by canteens to pack food. “We buy a quintal of corn at a high price. Before it was $ 13 and now $ 18. We bought the gas drum more expensive, which I am already buying at $ 14.85, so we have to give four tortillas for the $ 0.25 and before we gave five tortillas. We can't do it anymore, there is no profit, the only profit we have is food, sometimes we have to put up with it, "said Cecilia Méndez, a 72-year-old woman ...