Prices are lowered in supermarkets: they agree to a 20% discount on 20 products in the basic basket

2023-12-26 19:23:39

Supermarkets grouped in the Super Argentinos Network They announced this Tuesday that they reached an agreement voluntarily to offer 20 products from the basic basket with a 20 percent discount for 60 days.

According to reports, the plan “differentiated prices” It will begin operating on December 27 and was achieved thanks to meetings held with the Secretary of Commerce of the Nation, Pablo Lavigne and the Undersecretary of Consumer Defense and Commercial Loyalty, in charge of Domestic Trade, Fernando Blanco Muiño.

Víctor Palpacelli, president of the Chamber of Supermarkets of Córdoba, expressed that it is a program of “national commitment on the part of supermarkets to be able to work provisionally until there are concrete measures from the government to stabilize inflation.”

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“It was an idea generated in conversations with the Ministry of Commerce with intervention and freezing of prices. It requires an effort from each of the programs and will take three or four days to be implemented,” highlighted the head of the Chamber in dialogue with Cadena 3 .

The 20 products that would reduce their price on shelves by 20%

The supermarket basket is made up of:

  • Sugar
  • Yerba
  • Videos
  • Flour
  • Oil
  • Salty cookies
  • sweet cookies
  • Eggs
  • Leche
  • Pan
  • Legumes (peas/lentils)
  • tomato puree
  • Caramel sauce
  • Drinks and infusions: Soda, tea and cooked mate.
  • Personal care products: Toilet paper and toilet soap.
  • Household cleaning products: Bleach, kitchen rolls and detergent.

“In this new stage, without price controls, freezes and other forms of State intervention“or, businessmen contribute, voluntarily and temporarily, so that the inflationary scourge affects the purchasing power of consumers to a lesser extent,” concluded the statement signed by the presidents of CAS and FASA, Ricardo Zorzón and Víctor Palpacelli. .

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Súper Argentinos is a commercial network made up of self-service stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, consumer cooperatives, purchasing groups and regional chains throughout the country.

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