Inspectors from ARBA, the tax collector in Buenos Aires, intimidated consumer companies such as Mastellone (La Serenissima) and Molinos, from the Perez Companc group.
Kirchnerism continues field marking to Minister Martin Guzman. First they sent economic measures to Congress without consulting him (advancing the minimum wage increase and extension of the moratorium for retirees) and now Governor Axel Kicillof is advancing on control of the companya place of the also questioned minister Matías Kulfas.
Former Economy Minister Cristina Kirchner spread the word Thursday in a statement she made reporting requests a two large companies of mass consumption due to lack of Catering.
In this way, the governor is active the day to know official inflation.
These are the two national capital companies –Mastellone (known for its La Serenissima brand) and Molinos Río de la Plata (from the Perez Companc group)– and the province reported that it was a work together together between the Buenos Aires Ministry of Production and ARBA, the collection agency.
The Ministry of Production reported that it has asked Molinos and Mastellone to provide documentary information and support on prices, production volume and sales through the marketing channel in recent months.
They are also data usually required by the Ministry of National Productive Developmentspecifically the Secretary of Internal Trade, who manages Roberto Feletti.
Moreover, this Thursday, from that dependency they only reported having a meeting with dairy companiesincluding Mastellone, for similar topics.
Mastellone and Molinos, say Kicillof residents, have more than 100 products within the +Price of Care Program.
“The request for information comes from the disturbing results of the +Care Prices Program inspections, which show a clear shortage of gondolas by large commercial chains across the province,” they added.
According to the ministry of Buenos Aires, “in the context of exchange rate stabilitypolicies aimed at maintaining supply and agreements between government and companies food, The reasons for the deficiencies reported by the chains are unclear ”.
The Province said the request for reports is aimed at companies to “justify the reasons why the scarce supply was generated and, at the same time, closely monitor these actions and early identification of possible speculative maneuvers“.
Inspectors from ARBA, the tax collector in Buenos Aires, intimidated consumer companies such as Mastellone (La Serenissima) and Molinos, from the Perez Companc group.
The companies have “a peremptory term” to send the information to the Undersecretary of Commercial Development and Promotion of Buenos Aires Investments.
The Province conducts inspection and control of +Care Prices Program operations in large commercial areas.
Last week, surveys were intensified in the municipalities of Avellaneda, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Hurlingham, La Matanza, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Moreno, Morón, Quilmes, San Isidro, Tigre and Vicente López, they indicated.
Price correction
At the meeting this Thursday with the dairy firms, in addition to representatives from Mastellone, were from Sancor, Milkaut, Saputo, Center for the Dairy Industry (CIL) and Association of Small and Medium Dairy Companies (APYMEL).
At the meeting, Feletti stressed that “the path we want to tread has to do with improving the supply of the +Precios Care basket, reducing the gap in products outside the regulated basket and guide predictable price paths to the latterbased on reliable information on costs, margins and profitability ”.
In addition, the secretary said they were “willing to identify correction patterns in regulated basket pricesguaranteeing full supply ”.
On the other hand, it requires a future price path for products not included in the regulated basket, which is compatible with “real costs and reasonable profit margins.”
another meeting
Last week, Feletti summoned several companies, including Mastellone and Molinos, for both the issue of supply and compliance with the official program.
The Kirchnerist official asked about seven companies for reasons of shortages and the price increase.
The meeting was attended by representatives from Molinos, Mastellone, Arcor, Unilever, Mondelez, Danone and Nestlé. In this context, Feletti indicated that the supply level at 1,350 supermarkets in the metropolitan area “is 65%, while that number historically was 75%.”
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Source: Clarin
