Beef Consumption Drops to Lowest Level in Argentina

ARGENTINA - Argentines, who have long been among the world’s most voracious meat eaters, can no longer afford to binge on their own beef.
calendar icon 4 February 2020
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Blame rampant local inflation, the insatiable hunger for beef in other parts of the world that’s adding to price gains at home and - to a lesser extent - a reluctant movement toward healthier and cheaper proteins.

It’s a kick in the teeth for a country that traditionally has vied with neighboring Uruguay for the title of world’s biggest carnivore on a per capita basis.

Less affordable beef has created what the head of Argentina’s meat industry group calls "almost a disaster for my generation."

And the nation’s new president, Alberto Fernández - who already has his work cut out with a debt restructuring and an economy in need of revival - knows the political stakes.

He’s looking to put more caps on prices in supermarkets to make beef affordable again.

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Source: Buenos Aires Times

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