To the customers surveyed, fresh sardine
has become the substitute for different types of fish, beef and chicken because
despite high inflation, the price is still "affordable". "Now we
have to buy more sardines because beef is super expensive," commented Ms.
Jennifer Hernandez while acquiring a kilogram in the municipal market of Puerto
La Cruz, El Tiempo reported. The vendors in the market offer it between VEB 100
(whole) and VEB 200 (steaks). "The sardine never finishes so people come
to buy it every day", the vendor Ana Huerto mentioned. The consumer
Antonio Manriquez said that he weekly buys a kilo of sardines for him and his
family. "We have spent six months without eating beef because of the cost
it has." More… 
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Sardine becomes meat and chicken substitute in Venezuela
To the customers surveyed, fresh sardine
has become the substitute for different types of fish, beef and chicken because
despite high inflation, the price is still "affordable". "Now we
have to buy more sardines because beef is super expensive," commented Ms.
Jennifer Hernandez while acquiring a kilogram in the municipal market of Puerto
La Cruz, El Tiempo reported. The vendors in the market offer it between VEB 100
(whole) and VEB 200 (steaks). "The sardine never finishes so people come
to buy it every day", the vendor Ana Huerto mentioned. The consumer
Antonio Manriquez said that he weekly buys a kilo of sardines for him and his
family. "We have spent six months without eating beef because of the cost
it has." More… 
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