Final announcements about the holiday will be made within a week “shopping basket” which will operate during the New Year holidays, while it will be clarified whether there will be a similar “basket” for buying toys.

In a statement to ANT1, Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis said of the “toy basket”: “There are problems and competition that we need to pay attention to. We are close to an agreement, the shops are also in the mood for this. Just as supermarkets have a “basket”, there will be a “basket” for toys.

The Minister also said that the “household basket” has received recognition, as, according to IELKA, at least 4 out of 10 consumers buy products from it, although this was met with skepticism at first.

Regarding the festive “home basket”, Mr. Georgiadis said that during the holidays there is a difference in the consumption habits associated with the festive table, as the basket follows the consumption habits.

“The goal of the cart is to serve consumers who, by choosing the cart, are putting pressure on networks and competition to drive down prices. We don’t want the basket to overflow because then there will be two problems: we want to check from week to week to put pressure on supermarkets to lower prices, and secondly, if there are many products, the chains will not be able to make discounts. prices for everything,” he said.

And he concluded: “Basket” can not “hit” inflation. The purpose of the basket is to make the cost of the holiday table, which in any case will be higher than last year, lower than when buying the same products a month ago.