The basic basket is a group of products that Mexican families use very frequently, a list of these items is made by the Federal Consumer Agency (PROFECO), alongside the highest and lowest prices there are in supermarkets.

The head of PROFECO, Ricardo Sheffield, reveals weekly a ranking of the supermarkets that offer the most expensive and cheapest basic baskets. It should be noted that to carry out this more effectively the country is divided by zones (Central, Central North, North, and South).

In the Northern Zone, the Walmart supermarket located at Plaza Galerías Hipódromo in Tijuana was ranked as one of the most expensive as the basic basket here has a total price of $1,016.20 pesos.

It should be noted that according to PROFECO, the basic basket is considered for a family of four to supply them for a time period of one week. It has a total of 24 products which are:

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 grs
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 grs
18. Potato 1 kg
19. Toilet paper 1 bag of 4 rolls
20. Pasta for soup 1 package of 220 grs
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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