Government backs supermarkets limiting product purchases while inflating prices

Following the complaints filed by FACUA-Consumers in Action against a dozen supermarkets and hypermarkets for violating the trade law by limiting the purchase of sunflower oil while inflating prices, the Government has reacted with a statement in which it supports the measure and practically gives them carte blanche to apply it to other products without announcing any investigation into the matter.

FACUA regrets that the Ministers of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón, and Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, have come out in defense of speculators instead of protecting consumers. In the joint statement issued Thursday, both ministries simply justify the limitation of the units of product that each consumer can purchase in the possibil