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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared tacos as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
According to INEGI, it is estimated that in Mexico there are approximately 122,757 taco shops and tortilla shops.
A survey reveals that 28.3 percent of Mexicans choose tacos as their favorite dish.
TikTok is the social network where a taquera woman reveals the profit she makes in a single day, tacos being one of the most consumed products by Mexicans and even one of the most entrenched foods in the culture/gastronomy of our country.
The tacos have become a characteristic and indispensable product that has managed to position Mexico among the countries with the strongest level of gastronomywhere even the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared this dish as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
On the other hand, the sale of these unmistakable tacos is positioned as a strong element within the Mexican economy; According to information from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), it is estimated that in Mexico there are approximately 122,757 taco shops and tortilla shops, where the cities with the greatest presence of these businesses are Guadalajara with 2,820, followed by Puebla with 2. 1,334, in third place León with 2,214, among other entities highly recognized for providing this product to millions of Mexican palates. Similarly, its propagation is such that the 94 percent of the population in Mexico City lives less than 5 minutes from a taco shop.
In addition, we must not leave aside the fact that, for Mexicans, tacos represent one of their favorite dishes within the wide gastronomic offer of this country. A survey reveals that 28.3 percent of the population choose this dish over many others.
Taquera from the State of Mexico reveals a profit of 3 thousand pesos in just one day
Many times, entrepreneurship is the answer to a panorama of crisis and unemployment, a reason that leads a large number of people to open various businesses, including tortilla shops, taco shops, economic kitchens, among others, with the purpose of generating income.
Under this framework, In Mexico, the investment to open a taco shop is around 350,000 pesosthis according to data from the Mexican Association of Franchises (AMF) released in 2019, the year before the pandemic.
Taking into account that we are talking about one of the most consumed foods in our country, the demand is very broad and, in fact, it is increasingly competitive, to the point that we can already see gourmet taco shops, with higher prices.
However, in various streets of Mexico City and the Metropolitan Area it is very common to see small taco places that, in general, tend to have a large influx of customers, either because of their taste, their service or their price.
In the State of Mexico there is a small place famous for selling 1-peso tacos, which, apparently, has been very successful, since In the words of the taquera, the earnings in just one day can be up to three thousand pesoswhich means, according to what the woman reveals in a video on TikTok, three thousand tacos are sold daily.
@compayulay They sell more than 3,000 tacos for $1 peso #yulay #gastronomy #Mexico
For small businesses, social networks play an important role in terms of advertising and positioning and it is the reason why entrepreneurs constantly resort to these platforms in order to echo among the Internet community and gain an audience, clientele and, of course, capital in social media.
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