Reduction in producer price for cow's milk but increase in retail prices in Greece

When we had our memorandums, the lenders "forced" to abolish "fresh" cow's milk - to reduce, as they said - the price on the shelf. Fresh milk was removed to keep importers out of trouble (and get our children drinking highly pasteurized milk) but the retail price on the shelves remains high. In fact, Greece is currently among the three most expensive countries in the EU. The precision in food, which squeezes the budget of households, with the most characteristic example, the increases in the prices of milk, and the need to take additional measures to deal with it, is pointed out by the parliamentarian of Larissa of the ND, Mr. Maximos Harakopoulos, with his question to the minister Development Mr. Kostas Skrekas. The politician from Thessalon emphasizes that "although Greece records low levels of inflation in relation to the average European inflation, nevertheless, it is clear that there is intense pressure on food prices, with all that this entails for households. Among the ...