Puerto Rico consumers reduced their monthly grocery spending by 10 percent year-over-year to $507 in 2012 from $561 in 2011, marking the first time a drop has been registered since 2005, the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber, known as MIDA, said Tuesday.
Saying that the food industry should be treated as part of the island’s social and economic infrastructure, the head of the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber, known as MIDA, warned Tuesday of the “imperative” need to establish a permanent food policy for Puerto Rico.
The possibility that the federal government will give the green light to expanding Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits to include restaurants is practically zero, as Congress is looking to make funding cuts to lessen the system’s impact on the national budget.
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