“Consumption has dropped quite a bit”: chicken prices remain high, and traders record significant losses

chicken price remains high, between 11 and 13 soles per kilogram, which has led many families to buy less of this product or, in the worst case, stop consuming it.

Team RPP News arrived this morning at Kaqueta Marketon the border between the Rimac and San Martin de Porres (SMP) districts, and spoke to various merchants who expressed their concern about this situation.

One of them said that his main customers were restaurant owners who brought him an average of ten chickens to supply their business. However, due to the high price of this poultry meat, sales fell sharply.

“Consumption has fallen a little, business has fallen quite a bit, because the price of polo is high now. We used to take ten chickens for restaurants. Now they have three, two hens. Now they are changing small things, paws, offal, more comfortable things, ”he commented.

chicken price

In this supply center, one of the most important Limethe price of chicken is 11 soles per kilo, but wholesale drops to SGD 9.50.

Given these prices, sellers offer their buyers alternatives: a kilogram of backbone is sold for 2.50 shillings, a kilogram of legs costs six soles, and chicken liver is offered at 5.00 shillings per kilogram.

According to the application my caseritein Lime you can find a kilogram of chicken from 11 to 13 salts in different markets.

It is worth noting that the rise in prices for chicken is associated with an increase in prices for corn, which is a raw material for feeding poultry. While its international price has indeed been reduced, it will still affect Peru for two weeks in September.