Her government Italy with its new initiative, it is trying to achieve the containment of prices in main consumption items sold in Super Market. Based on the specific agreement signed with the country’s trade associations, the price restraint will apply from October until the end of the year and will concern consumer products, including those for the first, childhood, which are also sold in pharmacies.
This agreement, however, as the Italian media points out, was not signed by the food industries. A detailed list of products, which will be sold at low prices, is expected to be presented in the coming days. The Italian trade association Confcommercio underlined that “with a spirit of cooperation and reducing the profit margins of its members, it supports this whole initiative, with the aim of protecting the purchasing power of the country’s households, but everyone must make a substantial effort”.
The consumer association Assoutenti also added, as reported by the Athens News Agency, that it is likely to take legal action against food industries that do not want to sign the agreement to hold down their prices, in order to establish whether a cartel has been created. Finally, it is recalled that the government of Georgia Meloni, since last July, has also approved aid for the poorest families, with a “prepaid shopping card in supermarkets” which contains a total of 382 euros.
Source: News Beast
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