PM Mitsotakis’ visit to a supermarket; he was briefed on the ‘permanent price reduction’ initiative

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited a supermarket on Saturday morning.

He was briefed on the implementation of the “Permanent Price Reduction” initiative, where more than 868 product codes belonging to 37 categories of goods have now been included, and the ongoing implementation of the “Household Basket” programme.

Mitsotakis had the opportunity to talk with employees and customers of the store.

The Greek premier was accompanied by the Minister of Development Kostas Skrekas.

Skrekas to ANA-MPA: The aim is to have clear and substantial offers

The Ministry of Development puts an end to fake offers that appear as tempting.

In an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said that “our goal is to put an end to all misleading tactics for the benefit of households and healthy competition.”

“The aim is to have clear and substantial offers,” he added.

The minister stressed the importance of the informed consumer in setting prices and in the effort to combat high prices. Together we will create an “embankment” in unfair commercial policies, Skrekas noted.

In addition, he reminded that the inspections are continuous and only recently have fines been imposed on 5 multinationals totaling 3.9 million euros.

Approximately 20,000 inspections have been carried out and fines approaching 8 million euros have been imposed, of which about 5.9 million have been paid or confirmed to the competent authorities.

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