The leader of Podemos and Minister of Social Rights Ione Belarra has once again charged against Mercadona, which is taking advantage of the crisis to get “a lot of revenue”, and demands that the Government have to put “limits on speculation and intervene in the shopping basket”. .
This has been transferred on social networks after learning the CPI data for February, which reflect an increase in food prices of 16.6% compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the president of Mercadona, Juan Roig, has advocated “pursuing” a drop in costs in order to lower retail prices (RRP).
On social networks, Belarra has pointed out that this supermarket chain earned 718 million euros in 2022, 5.5% more, and has criticized that “some are getting a lot of revenue from an economic crisis that is causing more and more people have a hard time filling the fridge.
“The Government has to put a limit on speculation and intervene in the shopping basket,” he emphasized in reference to the proposals in this matter raised by his formation to the PSOE, which go through capping the price of food or subsidizing 14% basic products in the shopping cart.
In turn, Podemos has criticized from its official Twitter account that defining Mercadona’s record revenues in 2022 as “ruthless capitalism is not an insult but a description of reality”, when many families cannot face “massive price increases of their products”.
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