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Consumer wrath riles Mexican economy.

Publication: Market Latin America
Publication Date: 01-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Reports emanating from Mexico seem to take an almost jocular attitude toward a serious increase in the price of tortillas. Tortillas are one of the country's most important foods, and according to a February 9, 2007 story in the Dallas Morning News (Dallas) the price of tortillas "nearly doubled to 10 pesos (92 cents) in some communities over the course of a year." The price is per kilo, or 2.2 pounds.

The price of onions and sugar also rose, but it was the "national uproar" over tortillas that affected consumer perceptions about the...

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