“Since when is puffed wheat a delicatessen and costs 6 CUC?” denounces a Cuban in the networks

The Galerias Amazonas store, on Calle 12 in Havana’s Vedado, sells for 6 CUC a package of puffed wheat as if it were a delicatessen, he said in Facebook Cuban writer Ahmel Echevarría Peré.

“Since when is puffed wheat a delicatessen And does it cost 6 CUC? “, the young man asked ironically through the social network to question the marketing price of the cereal that, as he clarified in the comments, was purchased in Cuba by his in-laws.

Echevarría Peré’s post was followed by comments from those who described realities like these as institutionalized theft, lack of control or insensitivity and that with such prices “someone is getting rich.” Others, on the other hand, mentioned that the same product may be worth elsewhere between 10 and 50 Cuban pesos (or its equivalent in CUC).

The Commercial Company Caracol S.A manages some 670 stores throughout Cuba, where products of exclusive brands, of high quality and internationally recognized, are offered, as it appears on its website.

Amid the health crisis caused by the coronavirus, the economic effects on Cuban society are reflected in inflated prices and the shortage of food products. Rice, a basic cereal in the diet of Cubans, can cost between 20 and 25 pesos a pound in the informal market, since state establishments do not market it.

The Cuban government announced that some hotels may market food packages at prices unattainable for the average citizen. In Santa Clara the hotel The Caneyes, sells a batch of three kilograms of cheese, 5 of ham and a can of mustard at 50 CUC, after booking 24 hours in advance, while the group’s hotel facilities Cubanacan They sell a pork leg for 15 people at 40 CUC.

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