The Minister of Development explained that the prices of the products have been recorded on the day the agreement was made, that is on October 3. The comparison will be made both with the prices of that day and with the current prices.
For Household basket the Minister of Development and Investment spoke, Adonis Georgiadeson the show Kalimera with Giorgos Autias.
“We are three weeks from the day of the first meeting with the representatives of the supermarkets, in which we put to them the decision to do the household basket. This week, on the 2nd of November, the new way of approaching the necessary goods for the average home will go into operation,” said Mr. Georgiadis.
Then the Minister of Development emphasized that “on Wednesday with the Deputy Minister of Development Nikos Papathanasis and with the services of the ministry we will check all the big supermarket chains. There we will compare the prices so that people can see the usefulness of the basket.”
“We will advertise the chains with the lowest prices and the checks will be intensive” promised the minister.
He then pointed out: “We are shielded for the controls and legislatively, especially legislatively, we have also received approval from the competition commissionwe are fully vested and embarking on a great effort.
Citizens will be able to find better prices in a supermarket space in a very difficult situation. We are fighting a great battle in extremely difficult conditions.”
He explained that no chain is prohibited from adding more than 50 products. “If he wants, he can put more spaghetti, beyond the number 6. He can do it. It is not mandatory to have 50, it can be more. It can’t be under 50.”
Also, he said that from Wednesday each supermarket will have its own basket, while a special site is being created for the household basket and there will be special marking on the products.
The Minister of Development explained that the prices of the products have been recorded on the day the agreement was made, that is on October 3. The comparison will be made both with the prices of that day and with the current prices.
We will compare the prices with those that existed before the announcement of the measure, he said characteristically.
He estimated that many chains will try to set lower prices to attract consumers and explained that the law also applies to the locked ceiling of profit in the base unit of weight (eg per gram) beyond the basket.
This applies to critical livelihood products, he stressed.
Mr. Georgiadis expressed the belief that a price reduction competition is starting and added that “we are fighting and will fight in the coming weeks a big battle in the basket”.
He emphasized that the products in the basket will be changed every Wednesday, to ensure sufficiency.
Each week each chain will update its basket, he emphasized and added that “we always want these products to be in the basket”.
By law all major supermarket chains are required to put in the basket or face a fine.
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