Buying groceries in Tijuana is one of the city's most common activities, especially in the weekend or paydays (every week or two weeks). However, price increases mean that families are looking for the best options in order to spend as little as possible.

In order to inform citizens, the head of the Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO), Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, creates a weekly report where he shares a list of the supermarkets with the highest and lowest prices in the country.

Tijuana has one of the most expensive basic baskets in northern Mexico

In order to classify these prices more specifically, PROFECO divided the country into the following zones:

• Northern Zone
• Central Zone
• Central Northern Zone
• Southern Zone

In Mexico's northern zone, the Walmart supermarket located in Plaza Galerías Hipódromo in Tijuana was considered the third most expensive establishment. This is because it offered its groceries at a price of $979.80 pesos.

On the other hand, the supermarket with the lowest prices was the Calimax located in Colonia Zona Río, which offers these same products at a price of $858.70 pesos.

Prices of groceries in Tijuana in the last 2 weeks

It should be noted that both supermarkets located in Tijuana have maintained these positions for a month straight, with the following price variations during a two-week period.

One can see here a clear decrease in total prices for both supermarkets.

Which products are part of the basic basket?

PROFECO says that the basic basket consists of a total of 24 products, which are meant to supply a family of 4 members for one week. These products are the following:

1. Edible vegetable oil 1 piece of 946 ml
2. Grains of rice 1 kg
3. Tuna flakes in oil (maximum 5% of soy) 2 cans of 140 g
4. Standard sugar 1 kg
5. Beef 1 kg
6. White onion 1 kg
7. Jalapeño pepper 1 kg
8. Pork 1 kg
9. Black beans 900 grams
10. Chicken eggs, 1 package of 18 eggs
11. Bar of soap 1 piece
12. Tomato 1 kg
13. Dairy milk 5 liters
14. Lime 1 kg
15. Apple 1 kg
16. Banana 1 kg
17. White bread 1 package of 680 grams
18. Potato 1 kg
19. Toilet paper 1 bag of 4 rolls
20. Pasta for soup 1 package of 220 grams
21. Chicken meat 1 kg
22. Sardines with tomato 1 can of 425g
23. Corn tortilla 4kg
24. Carrots 1 kg

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