Sunflower oil disappears in Greek stores

Published 2022년 4월 1일

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Sunflower oil shortages have emerged in several Greek chain stores, with some limiting sales and raising prices by up to 35% due to reduced supplies from Ukraine and Russia. The situation varies across retailers, with larger chains like Sklavenitis not imposing restrictions. The government insists there is no shortage and threatens fines for price gouging, recently imposing a record fine on Lidl Hellas. Despite these challenges, there are no reported shortages of other vegetables like flour and sugar. This situation is part of a broader issue of rising food prices in Greece, which began in August and has escalated in the past month.
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Sunflower oil is gradually disappearing from the shelves of a number of chain stores in Greece - in some supermarkets only expensive brands remain, in some sales are limited, while there are no problems with vegetable oil in the largest chain of stores, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. In supermarkets "My Market" (My Market) on the shelves with vegetable oil is almost empty, instead of price tags there are signs "Product temporarily out of stock". This applies to sunflower and corn oil of a number of Greek brands, which usually cost between 2.28 euros and 3.00 euros per liter. In the stores of the AB Vassilopoulos chain, the sale of vegetable oil is limited. "Dear customers, we inform you that you can take up to three bottles of corn or sunflower oil with a capacity of one or two liters per check, in order to better serve everyone. This is valid for all brands and for the online store," the signs on the shelves say. As for five-liter bottles of oil, no more than two are released ...
Source: Oilworld

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