Margin stop has come into effect

Today, the price freeze came into force, with the government introducing price limits on thirty essential food products. For these, the maximum consumer price is 10 percent above the purchase price.

The Ministry of National Economy expects that the measure could lead to an average price reduction of more than 10% for the 30 product categories concerned.

The measure only applies to retailers with a net sales turnover of over HUF 1 billion in 2023.

The price cap applies to these food products:

• Chicken breast fillet
• Chicken legs
• chicken tail-back
• Chicken wings
• Whole chicken
• Turkey breast fillet
• UHT milk, 1.5%
• UHT milk, 2.8%
• ESL milk, 1.5%
• ESL milk, 2.8%
• Cooking oil
• Margarine
• Pig fat
• Butter
• Flour
• Pastry  flour
• Late potatoes
• Crystal sugar
• Leg of pork
• Pork chops
• Pork ribs
• Pork chuck
• Eggs
• Sour cream
• Trappist cheese
• Curd cheese
• Unflavoured yoghurt
• Fruit flavoured yoghurt
• Garlic
• Parisian cold cuts

Source and photo credit:dehir.hu