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PBIx · Pollo a la Brasa Index

PBIx is the first independent index tracking the price of Peru's most iconic dish, pollo a la brasa, with a transparent, reproducible methodology and open data. Beta in Arequipa.

PBIx · Pollo a la Brasa Index
Client
PBIx Research — Own project
Year
2026
Role
Research Lead & Product Owner

The Challenge

Peru's most consumed dish has no systematic measurement: there is no public benchmark, no structured dataset for researchers, and media coverage is anecdotal, with no time series or controlled sampling.

The Solution

I designed the methodology (observation unit, variables and the median as the main statistic, base 100 in Q2 2026), supervised field collection district by district and built the digital product: a data terminal with district ranking, price distribution, an interpolated heat map and a public, versioned methodology.

Results

  • 17 districts of Arequipa monitored in the beta
  • 61 of 167 restaurants with captured prices: 36.5% coverage
  • Provincial median of S/ 65.97 and S/ 12.21 dispersion documented
  • Open, auditable methodology with a roadmap to Lima (2027) and Peru (2028)

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