consumer rights association Facua updated its price analysis, which it has been carrying out since the beginning of the year, this Thursday. VAT discount open food. According to the latest data, 48.4 percent of products in August are more expensive than January. bread, flours, milk, cheeses, eggs waves fruit, vegetables, vegetables And legumes It is taxed with 0% VAT and oil and pasta, 5% (usually when 10%). In other words, for the purpose of the measure, this series of foods should have been cheaper than it was back then, while many of them were even more expensive.
The organization conducted its study based on the data collected. to the field, Took, Carrefour, Day, eros, lid, hyperchorus And Mercadonaand the result is that 471 out of 976 products compared are now more expensive than on December 30, 2022. Not only that, but Facua blames that rate on the rise: only 6.7% of them were up in January. In the sample, the percentage has risen since then until it reached 48.4% recorded in August; this rate is almost one and a half points higher than in July.
“Facua will re-expand its monthly complaints before the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC), has not responded to date”, announcing the agency in a statement, also reminding that: royal decree law The basis of this measure is that “the price of any of these products cannot rise unless there are cost increases”. “Facua insists on requesting the CNMC to investigate which spikes are the result of terrorism. cost increases and what does it imply Increases in profit margins for any member of the food chainA practice prohibited by royal decree” is being completed.
CNMC analysis
The agency he applied to has yet to directly respond to any of Facua’s previous requests, but released a report earlier in the month that X-rayed Facua. distribution industry usually on request Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economics and Business Support (OPINION) and addressed this issue. In essence, his conclusion is that the VAT reduction is applied correctly in supermarkets and food stores.
Three weeks later, however, Facua returned to the charges. He did this by detailing Carrefour The supermarket with the largest number of more expensive products (almost 6 out of 10) follows this French chain, again with a percentage above 50%. to the field, TookAnd lid.
“Of a total of 471 prices that Facua found an increase in its comparison, 144 corresponded to: fruit or vegetables [el 30% del total]93 olive oils [20%] and 63 rice and pasta [el 13,4%]”He adds this consumer association to his explanation. They also detected nearly 70 price increases. milk and milk productsabout 38 legumes, and many more, albeit to a lesser extent, eggs, flours And breads. “Biggest increase in record this month in Alcampo: weight Fuji apples The price, which was 1.43 euros in January, has now risen to 3.69″, Facua exemplifies this and also highlights the price increase of a product. two kilos of oranges El Mercado From 2.39 euros to closing 5 at Aldi.