Supermercadistas monitor the dynamics of the dollar and prices for the purposes of the month, when they have to replace stocks. In the meantime, the discussion for salaries was raised in the debate.
With the aim of decelerating inflation, the government held a meeting with Supermercadistas to reinforce your rejection of increases in mass consumption products, from the arrival of the price lists to be applied during May. While large chains keep their refusal to validate ups, important foods do not rule out apply new adjustments to the end of the month.
As he could know Scope, Two first -line companies indicated that they could present lists with increases in the coming weeks, after having kept prices unchanged during April. The companies follow two key variables: the evolution of the official dollar and the inflation data that will be announced next week, which could be decisive to define the new prices. “There was no increase in the month of May. Obviously, There is a monitoring of what will happen to the next CPI and correct prices, Eventually, regarding what is published next week, but nothing out of the ordinary, “explained one of the brands consulted.
As for the dollar, wholesalers revealed that the Government is committed to keeping it closer to $ 1,000 than of $ 1,200. Under that premise, they argue that the increases raised by certain items for this month would not be justified. “Many companies reiterated that some of the products are strictly commodities that are handled with the value of the dollar, such as oils, coffee, tuna, mackerel, flour and derivatives. In those cases, we listen to the suppliers, we take the lists but do not validate them. This will end up clarifying in the third week of May when we start having scarce stocks and we have to replenish. There it will be defined whether the government is right or the industries will be right with a justified increase because they followed the variation of the dollar, “they said from the sector.
One of the outbreaks of the debate was put on the price lists presented by the oil industry, which according to market sources, included increases of up to 12%. Víctor Palpacelli, president of the Argentine Federation of Supermarkets and Self -Services (FASA), explained to this means that the impact It was more visible in oils and sugar, while in the rest of the universe of products a relative stability is maintained.
“The main center of the debate were the lists presented by the oil industry, mainly because of the position with the rest of the increases. However, in our suppliers there are no mass increases, there is a calm, but it was not so with oils and sugar,” Palpacelli said. From its perspective, the discussion is concentrated in a subset of the market: around 400 products about a total of 6,000.
Salaries, another issue in the center of the debate
The Argentine Federation of Commerce and Services Employees (FAECYS) signed a joint agreement that includes a cumulative salary increase of 5.4% distributed in three branches (1.9% in April, 1.8% in May and 1.7% in June). However, despite the fact that the guild ratified that salary increase, some companies -not all – They expressed their disagreement at the meeting with Luis Caputo.
“The Government has been saying for a long time and will not be homologated in parity that exceed 1%. It is not our decision. On the other hand, there are still doubts regarding the approval of the agreement, which problematizes the situation,” said a source that was in meetings. In addition, wholesale companies had a greater negative to the increases: “If you analyze the increases in the wholesale index throughout the year and the salary increases that were given, it increased above. That is why the Government did not approve the agreement and asked that we do not take new price lists until we have a value of the consolidated dollar, “they commented on the scope.
At the moment, Faecys announced the clause he signed with the CAC, Came and Udeca where he stressed that the agreement is “in force, in accordance with the provisions of the parties” and recalled the clause that “It guarantees the validity and application of the agreement, even in the event that the homologation does not occur immediately.”
Source: Ambito
