They propose to create a National Food Company to combat inflation and stop double-digit increases

They propose to create a National Food Company to combat inflation and stop double-digit increases

“In this way, it will be possible to generate a reference price for mass consumption products and put a stop to the greed of companies that understand food as a commodity and not as a social right,” Held.

“Normally the increase in food prices is above the inflationary average, that means that there is cruelty with Argentine households and a huge transfer of resources from the popular sectors to the concentrated sectors of the economy,” said the leader. Social.

“Reversing this situation is also part of the construction of sovereignty: democratic and federal access to quality food at a fair price,” concluded Klejzer.

During the past week, the Secretary of Domestic Trade, Roberto Feletti, acknowledged that January Feletti’s inflation “is still going to be high, influenced by vegetables and legumes, less by meat.” However, he assured: “We do not have an acceleration of inflation. It will not be worse than in 2021, that way it can be better.”

The first analyzes of the consultants also register a high percentage for February of at least 4%. “February will have a floor of 4%. And in January we expect very important increases, for example: flour 14%, jam 13.7%, beer 13.2%, sugar 11.6%, mineral water 8.8%”he pointed out.

And safe: “In the last six months, we have never measured series with double-digit increases in any product. That’s what happened in January.”

“In the first month of the year, food inflation gives us 4.5%. It is a scandalous number, because it is a percentage that is still recorded with Care Prices.”

Regarding that program, he said that “It has more than 1,300 products and is generally available in large chains, with a compliance of between 70 and 80%”.

Source: Ambito

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