date:May 14, 2014
The Argentine government announced that it had fined supermarkets for almost 4 million dollars in the first quarter after they breached the agreement to mitigate price inflation. However, the government stated that 73% of the establishments were complying with said agreement.
The Argentine Minister of Economy, Axel Kicillof, stated that the fines had amounted to 31,166.422 pesos (3.87 million dollars) and had fallen entirely on the supermarket chains.
The Price program agreed between the Execu