The obstructed store to the right is the Supermercado de Carnes – yes, the Supermarket of Meats.
Uruguayans are the world’s largest consumer of beef per capita. ‘Meat consumption in Uruguay is on the rise reaching 94.7kg per person per year in 2011,’ says the Meat Trade News Daily. Just five years ago, the per capita annual consumption was reported as 54 kilos, and five years before that 40.
At some point, enough is enough – and too much is too much.
