Care or reference prices for the school basket, closed combos of items for different school levels, bank promotions, are the different tools deployed by the national government and most of the provincial ones so that consumers can acquire what is necessary for the start of lessons.
Armed with the list of materials, consumers have visited the different stores in recent days in search of the best prices.
“The Back to School season is coming along very well compared to the same period in 2021,” sources from different retail chains and individual businesses that joined the “back to school” program told Télam.
From the Wal-Mart companyindicated that “when comparing the sale of products from the Care Prices basket, with those outside the basket, the former show a three times higher rate of sale, which shows not only that the consumer is looking for them, but that have a high level of acceptance as a proposal”.
From the Ministry of Commerce, a school basket was defined that includes chinstraps and clothing in addition to school items, which “are always cheap” compared to the values of sneakershe maintained in dialogue with Télam the head of the Argentine Chamber of stationers, workers and the like, Daniel Iglesias López.
“Back to school is school fees, footwear, clothing, while supplies are the latest and by far the cheapest. A middle-class school, with payment, asks you for the list for the whole year, which adds up to $7,000” Iglesias Lopez added.
Buenos Aires province
In the province of Buenos Aires, spokespersons for Governor Axel Kicillof They indicated to Télam that in the Buenos Aires territory they adhere to the national program Vuelta al Cole and stressed that this government administration “is an active defender of the Care Prices program.”
While in other provinces, each government established a school basket, reference prices, and other measures to ensure that the beginning of the school term does not represent a disaster in family economies.
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In Salta the The Ministry of Consumer Defense signed an affordable price agreement with the San Pablo Bookstore, Calzados Nona and the Dantur shoe storein an agreement to “bring peace of mind to parents so that they can access a school basket at affordable prices,” according to the head of the agency, María Pía Saravia.
The San Pablo bookstore offers a list of 35 alternative brand products, with a variety of pencils, pens, markers, pens, notebooks, school folders and spare sheets, in addition to 33 special promotions for pencils and pens and another group of 13 offers of folders and pencil cases.
Also in the north of the country, the government of Santiago launched a school basket with more than 40 products from well-known brands at agreed prices, which includes the 168-page hardcover notebook at $390; cartridge belts at $190; black pencils at $20; colored pencils, $70; blade refills for 96 blades at $150; and folders at $180.
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The Correntina 2022 School Basket, announced by the provincial government, proposes products for all educational levels ranging from $1,099 (garden kit) to $1,119 (primary and secondary kit) and is valid until March 31.
Santa Fe
In Santa Fe, the school basket of the provincial government that will be available in all retail bookstores adhered to the Santa Fe Price Program until March 6; includes 23 items that total $3,290 and can go down to “$2,300 if the consumer pays with the Santa Fe Wallet.
Chubut and Santa Cruz
Also, the government of Chubut, through the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, agreed on a school basket with bookstores located in the cities of Rawson, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew, Esquel, Puerto Madryn and Cholila, which will be valid until February 28.
The school basket of the government of Santa Cruz, agreed with the chambers of Commerce of Río Gallegos, El Calafate, Caleta Olivia and Puerto Deseado, contemplates three different combos, according to educational levels and is valid “until April 15 or until exhausted stock”.
The proposal “managed to beat official inflation, with prices below 50% in the year-on-year increase,” they indicated from the provincial government.
Rio gallegos
The combos amount to $686 for primary level, $854 for secondary and $602 for artistic in Río Gallegos and $772, $936 and $673 respectively in bookstores adhering to the agreement in El Calafate; in Caleta Olivia the combos cost $670, $1,109 and $785 and in Puerto Deseado $785 for Primary Level and $950 for Secondary.
The Pampa
In the case of La Pampa, the municipality of Santa Rosa together with local merchants launched a school basket for $990 that will have between 10 and 11 items depending on the academic level; while the Pampas Government advanced the payment of school aid to state workers in the province, which with an increase reaches $14,000.
mendoza
On the other hand, in Mendoza, where a school basket was not defined by the provincial executive power, the reference price list “increased 42% compared to last year,” according to the head of the Chamber of Bookstores and Toy Stores of Mendoza, Gustavo Fernandez.
He added that “we have increases from one year to the next between 50 and 80%, sometimes more if they are imported,” adding that “in Mendoza we are paying between 5% and 10% of freight, so we are makes it difficult for suppliers to maintain those prices for us”.
