Government of CDMX, Profeco and Canirac seek to avoid abuses of the restaurant sector

The Government of Mexico City, the Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office (prophecy) and the National Chamber of the Restaurant and Seasoned Food Industry (Canirac) signed a collaboration agreement in order to prevent the restaurant sector from committing abuses towards consumers.

At a press conference, the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, explained that the alliance seeks to avoid a bad practice in increasing prices, it also wants to apply a regulation of customer service and it is intended to promote among diners the complaint culture.

So, the first thing to do is not to close, to suspend, but rather to work together with Canirac and with the restaurants, the establishments so that their prices are lowered, so that there are no abuses. And also train and guide many new establishments that are emerging after the pandemic and have permanent surveillance, especially in coordination with the public, with the consumer, with the consumer, “reported the capital’s president.

Regarding the bad practices that they have identified, the owner of the prophecyRicardo Sheffield Padilla, explained that in areas such as the Zócalo, Garibaldi, Xochimilco, La Condesa, La Roma there are restaurants that present up to three different menu cards with the same food, but with different price ranges, depending on how they see the dressed diner. assign the letter.

“It is forbidden to discriminate, that is, depending on how I see you, it is the price that I give you; it is prohibited, ”she detailed.

The other practices are that the restaurant presents a menu without prices, also increasing the cost if the service is given on a balcony or that they force you to buy a bottle of alcohol.

“That is also prohibited, because it is a condition for the sale, I give you this place only if you buy me this bottle or buy me these dishes or spend more than 500 pesos or spend more than 1,000 pesos per person, that is a condition, but there is also discrimination,” the official reiterated.

According to Sheffield Padilla, in the event that a consumer finds irregularities in a restaurant, the number 55 55 68 87 22 is available.

“I assure you that in 15 or 20 minutes we will be there, particularly in Mexico City,” he considered.

Sheinbaum Pardo indicated that this alliance does not seek to inhibit the activity of the sector and on the contrary, what is sought is to increase the tourist competitiveness of the country’s capital.

“We are interested in seeing restaurants continue to grow, that is why we have done in regulatory terms, the changes to the laws that we are making to reduce procedures to open restaurants and keep restaurants in the city are about to be passed, but we do not want there are abuses, above all, now that tourism is growing in certain areas of the city, that is the objective, ”said the leader of the local Executive.

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