The meeting was attended by the Secretaries of Commerce, Martin Pollera, of Industry, ariel schale and the Undersecretary for Internal Market Policies, Antonio Mezmezyan. The meeting was held at the Secretary of Commerce for almost an hour.
Costa’s presence was relevant since he is an official who served as head of the Secretary of Commerce during the second presidential administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. He was the political mentor of Care Prices, which on more than one occasion received praise from the current vice president.
Although, although the Care Prices system was initially highly resisted by businessmen, it later ended up being a policy that, in particular, benefited supermarkets.
Costa was circumstantially in the Commerce building for another matter and participated in the meeting at the request of Scioli, as he learned Ambit. In Buenos Aires territory, many careful price control operations are being carried out in the chains and the intention, according to the official at the meeting, is to continue doing them.
Scioli highlighted the need to “converge to price stability on the basis of the effort made by the National State to grant the conditions that allow increased productivity and consumption.”
For his part, Pollera stated that the meeting “is part of a series of meetings with sectors linked to the production of mass consumption, where we find a space for discussion to reach a point of agreement between all parties.”
The good bond that was observed between the officials was notorious given that they all interacted in the province of Buenos Aires.
“We must join efforts among all to guarantee the supply of essential goods at affordable prices on supermarket shelves”remarked the new Secretary of Commerce.
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At the end of the meeting, some chains, when asked by Ámbito, indicated that, in terms of catering there are no shortages “except for the specific case of toilet paper, there are no supply problems”.
About price increases They indicated that “in the case of serious suppliers, those governed by the official dollar, crazy prices are not observed.” Although, they did not fail to recognize the problems in the distribution due to the lack of diesel, but they also affirm that “it is tending to normalize”.
On the other hand, they indicate that the authorities asked them to denounce suppliers who did not comply with prices. From this perspective, supermarkets consider that they are at a disadvantage compared to the informal sector which, thanks to evasion, is able to pay in cash, which is why it is favored by some suppliers.
After the meeting, the supermarket owners released a statement in which they indicate that they stated that “they were receiving lists with price increases” and that “they have problems accessing foreign currency for some imports”.
The representatives of the supermarkets affirmed that “they were listened to carefully and they were told that their demands will be taken into account.”
The government pointed out that “a shared effort is necessary, and in that sense, they were asked, like yesterday to the mass consumption companies and like these days to other sectors, that there be price stability and normal supply,” they explain. supermarkets in their statement.
They added that “it is time to generate certainty and tranquility.” The supermarket owners commented that both “the Ministry of Productive Development, together with the Economy and the Central Bank, continue to work with the expectation that they can access the foreign exchange market for imports of supplies and raw materials.”
They add that Minister Scioli maintained that on Monday “Minister Batakis spoke of the need to guarantee fiscal balance. And how it is achieved, accompanying the growth of economic activity. We are working on this with the different productive sectors”.
Participating from the private sector, William CalcagnoCEO of COTO, paul lorenzo CEO of Carrefour, alexander arruizCEO of Cencosud, John Paul Quirogadirector of Corporate Affairs of Changomás, Nicholas Braun, General Manager of La Anónima, Martin Alvarez EspindolaDaytime Corporate Affairs Director, Barnabas ToledoCEO of Toledo Supermarkets and Juan Vasco Martinez Executive Director of the United Supermarkets Association.
Source: Ambito
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