Large retail chains in Kazakhstan received fines for price manipulation

“For increasing the trade markup, large retail chains SMALL and METRO with several branches throughout the republic in the city of Almaty, as well as the largest premium grocery store in the metropolis Esentai Gourmet, were brought to administrative responsibility,” the Trade Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan was informed. According to the information, the department had already issued them a warning, but complaints about violations continued to arrive. The main complaints from buyers are the lack of price tags and attempts to sell the same product at different prices, refusal to process a purchase for an announced promotion. The audit also revealed more serious violations in the matter of pricing. Thus, stores regularly violated the decree on maintaining minimum prices for socially important food products. Taking advantage of the demand, the administration put its own price tags or displayed the goods on different counters with ...