Premieres tomorrow, Wednesday, November 2, on “household basketan initiative by which the government seeks to give consumers a “basket” 51 supermarket products at prices as low as possible prevailing in each category and at which they do not become large revaluation. Yesterday, in fact, the corresponding ministerial decree was signed, defining the exact list of products of the “basket” and the details of the implementation of the measure.

At the same time, however, there is no lack of reflection both on the effectiveness of the measure and on the practical difficulties involved in implementing the basket. The network staff has been working feverishly for the past few days, while the fact that Ministry of Development in the amendment he initiated to legislate the “basket”, he proposed the pamphlet as a means of informing consumers, perhaps prompting the chains to change the strategy they had followed since the beginning of their operation. A typical example is Sklavenitis, the largest supermarket chain, whose standard policy is not to publish offer brochures. Sourceshowever, the company with which “Kathimerini” spoke they did not rule out the possibility of solving something like this, even if the pamphlet is not released – for reasons of time – from this Wednesday.

However, even those chains that have already published a brochure with an offer have not yet decided whether they will continue to issue another brochure, especially for the “home basket”. In any case, they are required, as pointed out by their leaders who spoke with Catimerini, if existing brochures also include products from the “basket”, they must have a special mark created by the Ministry of Development. Similar improvements, of course, should be made in online stores of chains. In addition, several chains that publish offer brochures every 15 days have not yet made a final decision whether they will switch to weekly brochures or just continue to update them every two weeks, of course informing the Ministry of Development weekly, as stipulated by the ministerial decree.

For each day of delay in sending the product catalog, a fine of 5,000 euros will be imposed.

It is recalled that, according to a ministerial decision, chains with an annual turnover of more than 90 million euros (based on the balance of the previous year) are required to send a list of goods that will be included in the “basket”. every Wednesday until 9:00. In 2021, their turnover exceeded 90 million euros. networks “Sclavenitis”, “AB Vasilopoulos”, Lidl, My Market, “Masuti”, Galaxias, “ANEDIK Kritikos”, Market In, SON (please note that the retail activity was acquired by Masoutis), Bazaar, “Chalkiadakis”, collaborating grocers (recently acquired by “ANEDIK Kritikos”). The online supermarket e-fresh.gr will also voluntarily take part in the campaign.

Although the ministerial decision does not provide for anything related to this, the legislative regulation (Article 87 of Law 4986/2022) provides for the possibility of voluntary participation in the measure for supermarket companies with a turnover of less than 90 million euros. According to the information, some mid-sized chains, as well as some online ordering and distribution platforms that have developed their own retail activities, are considering joining the action.

The competent authority to oversee the implementation of the “household basket” is designated as the Data Management, Statistics and E-Commerce Supervision Department of the Inter-Agency Group for Market Enforcement (DIMEA). Sanctions for non-delivery or incomplete dispatch of the list of goods by debtors (administrative fine of 5,000 euros for each day of delay in sending the complete list) are imposed by decision of the DIMEA administrator.

Products included in the “basket for home”:

1 rice

2 Bread for toast

3 loaf of bread (standard/packaged)

4 toasts

5 Spaghetti №6

6 All purpose flour

7 legumes (at least one type)

8 Turkey and/or Paris

9 Frozen fish

10 Fresh pork (packaged or unpackaged)

11 Fresh chicken (packaged or unpackaged)

12 Fresh whole milk

13 Fresh skimmed milk

14 Condensed milk

15 Unflavored cow’s milk yogurt

16 Unflavored low-fat cow’s milk yogurt

17 Sliced ​​feta cheese

18 Gouda cheese

19 Low fat cheese

20 Canned Tomato Juice

21 eggs (in a cage and in a barn)

22 margarines

23 extra virgin olive oil

24 Sunflower oil

25 frozen vegetables (at least one from peas, okra, green beans)

26 White sugar

27 Infant formula (baby food)

28 Baby milk (baby food)

29 Greek coffee

30 Instant coffee

31 French coffees

32 Tea or chamomile

33 Cocoa powder

34 Orange juice

35 Disinfectants/hand sanitizers

36 Detergents (liquid and powder – not tablets)

37 Detergents for washing floors and cleaning surfaces – bleaches

38 Dishwashing detergents for hand washing

39 Kitchen paper

40 toilet paper

41 toothpaste

42 napkins

43 tampons

44 shampoo

45 Soaps in solid state

46 incontinence diapers

47 Baby diapers

48 Baby wipes

49 Baby shampoo

50 dog food

51 Cat food.