Due to the increase in beef in the past months, an increase in beef consumption has been noted. a pig in the whole country.
In communication with Chain 3Carlos Cazenave, a current member of the main operator of the pork market in Argentina (PORMAG) and former vice president of the entity, assured that this practice occurs “because of the substitution effect.”
“What has happened is that the consumption of beef fell a little because of its price. So, there was a substitution effect,” he said.
In this context, he said that the butcher is now getting used to offering more pork “because he has a bigger profit margin and, in addition, pork at the best competitive prices for the consumer, for a long time to this date. “
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Then, he said that pork has fallen by about 25% and “slowly it is starting to become aware of the counter so that people have convenient offers.”
In addition, he revealed: “It’s been a long time since ground pork has been worked on. There are people who are getting to know ossobuco pork and other cuts.”
After that, he assured that the Argentine consumer has “very good product quality”.
For this reason, he said in Argentina that “pork has everything to grow.” And he concluded: “It has a lot to do with habits and the consumer finding it for different dishes, but today almost every restaurant has a meal with pork and that is very good for the sector .”
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See also
Fight inflation
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Report by Alejandro Bustos.
2024-04-26 02:57:56
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