Thread: Price freeze on groceries has Texans shopping in Mexico

Price freeze on groceries has Texans shopping in Mexico

08:46 PM CDT on Sunday, June 22, 2008

By ANGELA KOCHERGA
KVUE News

It seems there is no relief in sight for those high prices at the grocery store … unless you live on the border. In Mexico, the government has frozen prices on many items, and some Texans are filling their carts.

The S-Mart in Juarez guarantees customers never have to wait in long lines to checkout. Now, the grocery store can also guarantee prices won’t go up on many food items, thanks to a price freeze by Mexico’s president that’s designed to help his country cope with a global food crisis.

The price freeze covers 150 common food items, such as cooking oil, flour, coffee and canned tuna.

It’s possible because of a pact between Mexico’s president and food manufacturers who agreed not to raise price items for the rest of the year.

Grocery stores up and down the border anticipate a boost in sales, this as Americans fleeing high food prices in the U.S. simply come to Mexico to shop and to stretch their dollars.

Karla Villado of El Paso plans to do more shopping in Mexico, thanks to the price freeze.

“We always come every other week so we can get all our foods because it's cheaper over here,â€

I wouldn't put my life on the line to save a few bucks on groceries in Mexico!!! And I heard their gasoline is watered down!

AmericanMeThe gas in Mexico is refined here in the US never watered down. they may have older undergroud tanks at some stations that let ground water seep in.

Originally Posted by jimpasz

AmericanMeThe gas in Mexico is refined here in the US never watered down. they may have older undergroud tanks at some stations that let ground water seep in.

Thanks for the clarification, jimpasz! Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read, lol! I didn't know that the gas in Mexico is refined in the US...we could give them a lot of grief if we decided to hold back on their shipments!

Wow folks ....Price Control by the government. What makes one sure that in the future the next will be Quality Control? "Maam! you are only allowed one carton of Eggs per month".. ugh


Also I wouldn't buy any food products from foreign countries that have poor sanitation.