More than 2,000 supermarket products discounted under Development Ministry initiative

More than 2,000 merchandise codes are present available astatine reduced prices connected supermarket shelves, with a weighted mean discount of 8%, the Development Ministry announced Wednesday arsenic portion of a caller inaugural aimed astatine easing household costs.

The effort results from practice betwixt the Development Ministry and large retail chains and suppliers.

“In a hard planetary environment, we are perpetually warring with everything successful our powerfulness to incorporate prices, particularly for basal necessities,” Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos said. 

“We purpose to guarantee steadfast competition, and astatine the aforesaid clip we are pressuring the marketplace successful each ineligible way to trim its weighted mean profit, for the payment of society and particularly those who are struggling, by reducing prices connected arsenic galore products arsenic possible.”

“In this context, today retail chains and suppliers are announcing a weighted mean simplification of 8% connected implicit 2,000 cardinal merchandise codes,” helium added, describing the measurement arsenic “positive and necessary” and expressing anticipation the inaugural would grow further.

Theodorikakos met with Apostolos Petalas, wide manager of the Association of Supermarkets of Greece, who confirmed that much than 2,000 codes had already been included successful the discount programme – acold exceeding archetypal targets.

Meanwhile, Theodorikakos said that successful the coming days consultations will statesman connected the instauration of a caller Independent Authority for Consumer Protection and Market Supervision, “whose cognition will strengthen power mechanisms and afloat clarify the ineligible model with the codification of user legislation.”

Greece has been struggling with persistent inflationary pressures, driven by planetary vigor prices, supply concatenation disruptions, and climate-related impacts connected nutrient production. These factors person made it progressively hard for households, peculiarly the astir vulnerable, to negociate basal expenses.