Taking to social media, MEP Alex Agius Saliba emphasised the importance of fighting against the increase in food prices.
Comparing two food items which, in the span of just 3 months, increased from €2.80 to €4.05 – an almost double of the original price.
Agius Saliba said that the fault does not lie with the shop owners themselves, with the shops still selling the items at the original price were they to come from the original stock.
He questioned why the Chamber of SMEs did not take on the proposals put forth by the General Worker’s Union to address the rise in prices.
The proposal would see the shops themselves coming together to bring to Malta directly so that the price increase could be avoided.
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