Consumers in Spain welcome price freeze on food products

STORY: Consumers in Spain welcome price freeze on food products DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of customers shopping in a market in Barcelona 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RUBEN SANCHEZ, Secretary-General of FACUA 3. various of a supermarket in Barcelona STORYLINE: Consumers' associations in Spain have welcomed the government-decreed price freeze on certain food products, such as bread, milk and oil, for at least the next four months, but they also argue that the authorities must ensure shops comply with the ruling. The reduction on sales tax came into force on Jan. 1. The Minister of Economic Affairs Nadia Calvino said this week that consumers will begin feeling the effect of the reduction on their monthly shopping bills. According to a survey of the main supermarkets in Spain by the Association of Financial Users (Asufin), shopping bills have fallen 10 percent since the measure began. The Spanish consumer organization FACUA points o