how the basket will be made up of 1432 products

how the basket will be made up of 1432 products

In this regard, in a contact with the press, he said that his objective is “to ensure for the 90 days that certain stability in prices will come to facilitate the expansion of consumption.”

The list will be made up of a diverse spectrum of 1,432 items. Its composition includes both leading brands and products of small and medium-sized companies.

The basket will include items of Warehouse, Cleaning e Hygiene and Personal care, as confirmed by the Government. Likewise, the price list guarantees the freezing in the 23 provinces and in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

In dialogue with the press, Feletti stressed that freezing prices for three months “is not such a big effort” for companies and insisted that the Secretariat “is ensuring the expansion of consumption.”

“The resolution was presented and neither the Coordinator of the Food Products Industries of Argentina (COPAL) nor the large chains rejected it outright at the meeting”He said, stating that his intention is “to set an expanded basket and ensure certain stability in that basket for 90 days.”

Thus, he remarked that he seeks that the improvement in purchasing power “reach salaried employees and middle-income sectors.”

Feletti highlighted that the Secretariat is “receiving concerns from each of the companies” and highlighted that “there are 24 products that various firms want to add to the program.”

On the other hand, he criticized the statement published by COPAL, for understanding that it “does not help” in the current context.

This Tuesday, in the midst of negotiations for the price freeze, the entity said it had “the will” to reach an agreement, but not with “instances of unilateral definition.”

“Faced with various meetings with the Ministry of Internal Trade, COPAL once again ratifies its willingness to collaborate and dialogue for the agreement,” the entity said in a statement.

In turn, he warned that “in the call received, the conditions to reconcile the possibilities of the sectors are not guaranteed against the request for price stabilization.”

Faced with that situation, Above noted that the owner of the COPAL, Daniel Funes de Rioja, admitted in the meeting that “it could have been a mistake”.

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