City Hall To Freeze Dairy Product Prices
ST PETERSBURG - City Hall plans to freeze prices for milk containing 2.5 percent fat, kefir and sour cream containing 15 percent fat, Fontanka.ru news portal announced.
23 October 2007
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The city is currently developing an agreement with producers of dairy products. The agreement on freezing prices is to be signed Wednesday and will remain in place until Dec. 31.
Research by large food retail chains showed that Petersburgers with low incomes most often buy 2.5 percent-fat milk, kefir, and 15 percent-fat sour cream. Therefore it was decided that these items would be defined as basic dairy goods, and that prices on them will not be increased, at least in the immediate future.
St. Petersburg’s agreement will come as part of a federal government plan to freeze prices for basic food products. The government says that food producers are doing so without pressure from the government, according to Dni.ru news portal.
The list of socially vital products includes milk, kefir, sour cream, white and black bread, eggs, vegetable oil, sugar and cheese.
