Peruvians cut bread consumption by more than half due to rising prices

price increase According to the CPI study, this not only forced Peruvians to adjust their budget, but also cut their consumption of slices of bread by almost half.

Before the price increase, a household consumed an average of 12 loaves, and now only 7; this corresponds to the daily amount.

The reduction in average consumption also led to an increase in the number of people who stopped buying bread. Before the price increase, it was estimated that 855,130 people did not eat this product, and now it has increased by 1.8%; that is, another 384,833 people stopped buying bread, for a total of 1,239,963 people.

How much bread do Peruvian households consume?

The study calculated that prior to the rise, an average of 3,925,725 people consumed between 13 and 20 years of age. bread daily, now only 1,308,446 can have a high intake.

For those who consume 6 to 12 pieces, it also decreased by almost 61%; that is, before liftingat least 14,315,233 people have registered an average consumption of 6 to 12 loaves of bread per day in their homes, now there are 9,922,383 in all.

What has increased significantly is the number of people consuming no more than 5 daily bread in their homes. Before the rise in price, there were 1,444,849 of them, now – 8,555,537.

How is the consumption of bread in the central and southern highlands of the country?

The CPI study showed that 40.2% of households in these areas of Peru consume between 6 and 12 loaves of bread per day.Before the increase, 68.8% of households could consume the same number of items.

What increased to 38.8% is the households that consume 5 loaves of bread. If earlier it was only 5.7% of families, now it reaches 44.5%.