The Cyprus Customers' Affiliation considers the non-recording of the names of the supermarkets listed within the pattern of the worth watch “unacceptable”, noting that “transparency ought to by no means scare us”.
In keeping with an announcement by the affiliation within the final observatory of August 2024 a comparability was made between three supermarkets to notice the profit the buyer may have between the most affordable and the most costly grocery store in addition to the profit from the zero VAT price.
Within the above observatory, in addition to in all different earlier related ones, it’s acknowledged, “a hypermarket is recorded with a complete of 21 product gives at diminished costs”.
“Of those gives, in 15 the costs have been equal to or larger than the costs of the opposite grocery store that didn’t have a proposal”, it’s added. In a single provide, it’s added, “the worth was 27% larger than the worth of the grocery store that didn’t have gives”.
The Cyprus Customers' Affiliation considers it “unacceptable that the Client Safety Service continues and insists on not recording the names of the supermarkets talked about within the pattern”. “Transparency ought to by no means scare us,” he notes.
It’s added that “he understands that the costs are set freely and there’s no restriction on their stage.” Nonetheless, it’s acknowledged, “the costs of the gives should not set freely however are topic to legislative regulation”.
He wonders “whether or not a test is carried out by the competent company as as to if the costs of the gives meet the provisions of the related laws”. “For this matter, reservations are maintained as to the correctness of the gives recorded within the observatory, at the very least in a big a part of the gives. Convincing solutions ought to be given,” he notes. The hyperlink states that his observations have been made in writing to the Client Safety Company as of Might 24, 2024.
