The Secretary of Domestic Trade will define what products of a food basket must return to the prices they had between March 8 and 10 lastand for this the secretary Robert Feletti it will hold meetings again with supermarkets and with the nuclear food producers, and at the last minute it will communicate the decision reached.
Feletti held a first meeting on Monday with representatives of the Coordination of Food Products Industries (Copal), the United Supermarkets Association (ASU) and wholesalers.
In this regard, the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas specified that the meeting was “constructive”although “it had some moments of tension because there was a kind of denial” by businessmen about “speculative” increases in recent days.
“In 24 hours it will be clarified what is the responsibility of the industry and intermediaries and the prices that have been adopted in an unjustified manner have to be rolled back to March 8 or 10, which have to do with the Care Price schemes implemented by the Secretary of Internal Trade”, assured Kulfas.
He explained that “there were much more important raises and that we are not willing to validate”for which the entrepreneurs were informed “that all prices increased after that date be rolled back.”
“And if there is any difference, let it be duly explained and that is why these 24 hours of impasse have to continue talking,” added Kulfas.
The minister remarked that the Government “was committed to these dialogues ending fruitfully,” but warned that “if there were to be any shortages, we will not hesitate to apply the Supply Law as we have done on other occasions.”
