Death also adjusts to inflation and, in Mexico, the funeral services have recorded significant increases this year, where A basic package costs between 15 thousand and 30 thousand pesosthat is to say up to 20% moreaccording to sector estimates. The most complete packages – with a premium casket, transfers and personalized ceremonies – can exceed 80 thousand pesos.
The increase in prices is driven primarily by the increase in materials, transportation and maintenancealthough the location also influences, since the Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara They are the entities that concentrate the higher costs, due to demand and rising prices of inputs.
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In an interview with this medium, Manuel Ramirezgeneral director of Santa Gloria Wakesa subsidiary of J. García López, pointed out that for Your company’s increase is 7% compared to last yearin line with the national economic projection.
“Despite the increase, we maintain our commitment to offering decent and accessible services“, he stated. The plans include transfers, procedures, aesthetic arrangement, coffin or urn, use of a chapel, and reported that more than a thousand funeral services have been provided at their wakes so far this year, with a monthly average of between 75 and 100 farewells.
Likewise, he stressed that “only 4% of Mexicans are prepared to face the death of a family member; the rest are left vulnerable to fraud and excessive charges.”
The manager announced that By 2026 they could apply a new adjustment of 9% to 10%depending on economic behavior. In addition, deaths increase 4% in winter, due to respiratory diseases. J. García López Group generates 1,100 direct jobs and more than 2,000 indirect jobs, where 96% of the services are cremations, a cheaper alternative to burial, which can cost 16,000 to 200,000 pesos in private cemeteries.
COMPLETE PLAN
$80 MIL
PREMIUM PACKAGE
$200 MIL
ECOLOGICAL FUNERAL
$30 MIL
CREMATION
$ 10 MIL
INHUMATION
$ 16 MIL
Cempasúchil blooms 5% in seasonal sales
This year, the cempasuchil market projects a moderate growth of 5%promoting a economic benefit of 370 million pesosreported Federico Martínez Martínez, president of the Mexican Flower Council.
Additionally, some 2,000 producers participate in the season, with an estimated 1.9 million bunches and 17 million potted plants. Which are originally from State of Mexico, Mexico City, Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán and San Luis Potosí.
With prices ranging between 10 and 50 pesos per plantthe flower symbol of Day of the Dead It continues to be an employment engine for 200,000 people and tradition in the country.
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Giving the offering increased by 18%
Despite inflation, the economic slowdown and 11 months of decline in consumption, Mexican families do not give up their tradition of honoring the dead. it’s 2025, Setting up an altar will cost 2,135 pesos18% more than the previous year, said Cuauhtémoc Rivera, leader of the National Alliance of Small Merchants (Anpec).
Of that amount, 585 pesos will be allocated to traditional foods like mole, tamales or fruits. 500 pesos for decorations and 360 pesos for marigoldsflower that symbolizes the season.
Tequila and candles increase family spending, while visiting the pantheon can add up to 850 additional pesosbetween transportation and cleaning.
He bread of the dead also reflects inflationwith prices from 15 to 340 pesos per piece and an average increase of 21% annually. Although he Day of the Dead It is an engine for local commerce, Anpec warns that the rise of Halloweenwhose celebrations can cost up to 5,850 pesos, begins a season of spending and debt.
TRADITION. The estimated expense for this year is 2,135 pesos.
21%
was the average annual increase in the price of pan de muerte.
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