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PRICE GOUGING? [1]
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Date: 2025-04-27
I like to compare the prices I pay here in northern Mexico to the prices in nearby states in the USA. Most especially since the tariff trade war started! I thought you might like to know the relative prices of things too.
According to CNBC, More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late.
Are you being ripped off? I’ve chosen the same supermarket — HEB — in Monterrey and in San Antonio, TX. Here are some comparisons:
(all MX prices converted to USD/lb at today’s rate, for convenience)
Mexico USA % more or less cost
TOMATOES $0.58 $1.39 +240%
TOMATILLO $0.58 $1.01 +174%
ONION white $0.73 $1.54 +211%
AVOCADO $1.06 $2.06 EACH!!! Can’t compare by weight, no info.
POTATO Mx $0.51 $1.75 +343%
POTATO USA $0.65 $1.02 +157% (Idaho russet, identical.)
APPLES Gala $1.84 $1.28 — 30% (US import, in Mexico)
APPLES HCrsp $1.50 $2.44 +163%
Bell P, green $1.60 $0.60 EACH — Can’t compare by weight, no info
Tomatoes, tomatillos, and cucumbers. Monterrey. Prices in pesos/Kg. My photo.
I could go on, and on, and on, but I believe it is already obvious that even BEFORE the additional tariffs are applied soon, you’re paying very much more for your groceries, as Trump likes to put it.
I invite your comments as to the huge differential in food prices caused just by crossing the border and shopping in the same supermarket — HEB.
One thing in particular jumped out at me: the Idaho potatoes. How come a potato that has to travel 300Km further from Idaho, and cross a border, being sold in Mexico substantially cheaper than in the USA? I’d love to hear an explanation of that.
All prices were converted using an exchange rate of MXN$20.5 = USD$1
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