There is a lack of carefully priced products in supermarkets and pharmacies and second brands are growing

Penelope Canonico

11/24/2020 7:37 PM

• Clarín.com

• Society

Updated 11/24/2020 7:54 PM

No stock.

.

It is the argument that merchants receive from suppliers and drug stores.

There is not enough merchandise.

Gel alcohol (coronavirus effect) and bleach were the protagonists of the list at the beginning of the quarantine.

But as the days went by, a lack of products began to be registered, in high demand, in Care Prices and pharmacies.

At the end of the years, there are increasingly notorious gaps in gondolas in almost every neighborhood.

“We were restocking the items as they were sold until we decided to acquire second brands to supply the strong demand.

But these elements also began to be scarce, ”says Axel Martínez, in charge of the

, located in Santa Fe and Uriburu.

Insect repellent gondola takes up little space, easy to refill.

Between first and second brands, there are less than 15 containers that are on sale today.

They even share a place with Lysoform, a disinfectant that eliminates viruses and bacteria, in order to complete the assigned site.

According to the sector, it

Missing in a Vea supermarket in the Barracas neighborhood

From another business in the field, they are convinced that television works as a thermometer in demand.

People buy what they think will give them immunity because they heard about their properties on some TV or radio program, it is heard on the low side.

Vitamin d and c complexes, such as Redoxon, are partially absent on the shelves.

Until a few months ago, it happened with paracetamol.

"The problem is that demand exceeded production, emphasizes the employee of a pharmacy located on Pueyrredón street.

At the Soy Pharmacy, on Avenida Santa Fe 2249, Axel Martínez explained that there are no repellents.Photo Germán García Adrasti

For other merchants, the problem is recurring.

“Medicines were always lacking.

If it is not one, it is another ”, assures the pharmacist of a business on Av. Sta Fe. In the stained glass windows of the premises there is a row of

.

But the focus is once again on the repellants sector.

The off looks like an endangered species, as if the merchandise had flown like mosquitoes.

Missing in the price list Care: Florence Sunflower Oil and Every Day x 1500 cc, Shimy milk desserts, Vida skim drinkable yogurt, Rosamonte yerba mate, Familiar Veneziana lactal bread, Fuyi Spray Repellent, grated cheese, Antibacterial toilet soap.

These are some of the justified absences between November 23 and 29 at the Coto branch on French Street.

“The complete list was notified to the Ministry of Internal Trade.

You will not find them in gondolas because

, explains branch personnel.

Missing in a Vea supermarket in the Barracas neighborhood

The Careful Prices program contains a list of 311 products of different categories that can be obtained in 20 supermarket chains throughout the country.

They include first brands and citizen controls, to try to curb inflation, which reached 3.8% in October and 37.2% year-on-year.

In other markets, such as the Plaza Vea de Barracas, there are empty, incomplete gondolas, with empty spaces where you can see the package of a solitary lactal bread or four stacked yogurt sachets with nothing else around.

Or simply, there is the “Careful Prices” sign without any kind of content that completes its meaning.

“There is no shortage, but some products are missing or replaced by another with different characteristics.

In general, super

brands

like

changed the trend from first brands to second or third.

Containers of 500 gr decreased and are marketed at 400 gr.

Even brands and packaging were modified, avoiding the breach of Care Prices ”, denounces Héctor Polino, founder and representative of Consumidores Libres.

Missing in a Vea supermarket in the Barracas neighborhood

According to the survey of that Association, the cooking oil of a liter and a half is not in the markets, but second brands such as

.

Also, a change was noticed in the containers for others of smaller size, such as the 900 cubic cm.

Effect that is replicated in those of corn flour, polenta, which are presented in packages of 500 cubic cm, instead of 750.

Wheat flour marks the favorite 0000 per kilo is another of the great absent in the chain of Coto, Disco or Plaza Vea.

In the retail businesses, there is a lower presence of yerba mate per kilo and its gradual replacement by brands such as Nobleza Gaucha, Amanda and Rosamonte.

These are other data that the report of the NGO chaired by Polino throws up.

The Argentine Chamber of Supermarkets (CAS) and the Argentine Federation of Supermarkets and Self-services (FASA) had already targeted suppliers of the food sector for lack of products in the basic basket. Social networks also echoed the claims. There are already several consumers who expressed surprise at the missing.