Greece's "household basket" of low-priced basic goods beneficial to consumers: minister

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Greece's "household basket" of low-priced basic goods beneficial to consumers: minister

STORY: Greece's "household basket" of low-priced basic goods beneficial to consumers: minister DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a supermarket 2. various of Adonis Georgiadis, Greece's minister of Development and Investments 3. various of a supermarket STORYLINE: The "household basket" measure of lower-priced staple goods launched by the Greek government in early November to cushion the impact of inflation has proven beneficial to consumers, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. "Stable prices in an environment with about 10 percent inflation rate is already a very significant contribution," he told journalists during a visit to a store of one of the supermarket chains participating in the initiative in central Athens. "We said it would be a difficult winter, but we are doing everything we can to make it easier for the public," he said. Under an agreement with the government, Greece's major supermarket c

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