The Secretary of Commerce intensified this week the controls in the distribution centers of the main supermarket chains due to the detection of missing products belonging to the Fair Prices program, with the collaboration of logistics workers belonging to the truckers union.
The inspections were carried out on the chains Carrefour, Coto and Cencosud (Jumbo, Disco, Vea) located in the province of Buenos Aires, reported the area led by Matias Tombolini it’s a statement.
In these controls, the inspection staff of the Secretariat came to “verify the delivery of a sample of the products requested by the supermarkets to their suppliers, which are within the Fair Prices program.”
The products in question are from the companies Río de la Plata Mills, Cañuelas Mills, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Morixe and Colgate-Palmolive. These inspections were carried out in collaboration with the truckers union, after a meeting that Tombolini held with the head of the Truck Drivers union (Sichoca), Pablo Moyano.
Specifically, the workers of the logistics branch of the union, in charge of oscar borda, helped in the verification of compliance of the merchandise. Moyano said in a statement from the union that he leads that it is “very important” that “the large distribution centers comply with the supply to guarantee that the products are on the gondolas”, and this motivated “joint work to be carried out with Commerce to carry out controls.
At the controls, The truck drivers and the head of the distribution plant were asked to show the trailer to check that the delivery matches the order placed.. After carrying out the procedure, a certificate of verification was made where the fulfillment of the delivery of products appears and, otherwise, the missing ones.
This information “will be processed in the next few days to stipulate possible sanctions,” detailed the Secretary of Commerce. “It is essential to put more eyes on verification, so that Argentine families pay what is fair in each store they attend,” Tombolini said in this regard.
According to Commerce, the latest daily monitoring reports carried out by the area on Fair Prices show a non-compliance close to 34% with respect to the stock in supermarkets. Among the suppliers with the lowest supply are Bunge (30%), Mondelez (49%) and Pepsico (58%), among others.
The program, launched last November and valid until March 31, froze the prices of nearly 2,000 products that are part of the basic basket in the food, beverage, dairy, personal hygiene and cleaning items, with the participation of more than 100 companies that represent 86% of mass consumption in Argentina
