NewsWhore
04-21-2008, 02:40 PM
President Leonel Fernandez, after individual meetings, says he has reached a deal with the nation's supermarket owners and wholesalers in order to keep food prices down. The specific deals were not disclosed, but price cuts are expected in the next few days.
According to the Listin Diario, the government would pick up the difference between the market prices for foods and the sales price to consumers. Representatives from El Nacional, El Pola, La Cadena, El Bravo, Plaza Lama, Amigo, Ole, Placita and Carrefour supermarkets participated in the meeting with the governmental committee appointed to keep a cap on food prices with only a month to go before the 16 May election. Attending for the government were Administrative Secretary of the Presidency Luis Manuel Bonetti, Industry & Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes, Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez, Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa, Customs Department head Miguel Cocco, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu, government Social Plan director Emigdio Sosa among others.
Diario Libre reports the interesting detail of how the key executives of the supermarkets were bused to the Presidential Palace in a Customs Department vehicle.
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According to the Listin Diario, the government would pick up the difference between the market prices for foods and the sales price to consumers. Representatives from El Nacional, El Pola, La Cadena, El Bravo, Plaza Lama, Amigo, Ole, Placita and Carrefour supermarkets participated in the meeting with the governmental committee appointed to keep a cap on food prices with only a month to go before the 16 May election. Attending for the government were Administrative Secretary of the Presidency Luis Manuel Bonetti, Industry & Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes, Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez, Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa, Customs Department head Miguel Cocco, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu, government Social Plan director Emigdio Sosa among others.
Diario Libre reports the interesting detail of how the key executives of the supermarkets were bused to the Presidential Palace in a Customs Department vehicle.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)