The major distributors believe that capping prices is distorting the market and are calling for a cut in VAT

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The distribution employers met this Monday by the second vice president of the Spanish government, Yolanda Diazbelieve that the proposal to limit the price of staple foods could disrupt the market, for which they have called for tax cuts and “not demonize the sector”.

The Minister of Labor and the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, also met this Monday with those responsible for the employers’ organizations Anged, Asedas and ACESas well as with various consumer organizations to discuss measures that will help curb food inflation.

The general manager of supermarket association Asedas, Ignacio Garcia Magarzohas ensured that the analysis conducted by the second vice president of the administration on a problem of profit margins “does not have sufficient scientific basis”.

In his opinion, the idea of ​​developing a common basic basket is also not “good” because “it is not consistent with the structure of Spanish commercial distribution.”

In his opinion, Díaz’s proposal to limit the prices of certain foods is not “helpful” to solve the problems inflation problemsderived from the “very severe pressure” of commodity prices, for which it is “preferred” to cut taxes such as VAT or lower the cost of energy.

The Vice President of the National Association of Large Distribution Companies (Anged), Javier Millan-Astrayhas regretted that they “cast shadows on the behavior of the distribution, which is responsible”.

Millán-Astray has assured that they are making an “extraordinary effort” not to pass on to consumers all the costs of the various links in the chain, including higher prices for energy, grains, fertilizers or packaging.

“If you’re trying to pin a shopping cart, you’re disrupt distribution companies’ relationships with their suppliers“, the Anged person in charge emphasized, as opposed to changing the free functioning of the market, creating “inefficiencies in prices”.

For his part, the President of the Association of Spanish Supermarket Chains (ACES), Aurelius of the Pinepointed out that “the legal framework does not provide for the possibility of reaching agreements between companies on any kind of problem that restricts or changes competition”.