Title: France HIKES Food Prices as Police Get Violent with Gilets Jaunes | Jack Buckby Source:
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The French government controls the retail prices of food?
A new law decrees French supermarkets must get greedier The agriculture ministry is forcing retailers to raise the price of staple foods
Print edition | Business Feb 7th 2019 | PARIS
Given that five supermarket chains control around 80% of all organised food retailing in France, the authorities there may seem justified in probing how competitive the market really is. Too competitive, apparently: on February 1st a new law forced retailers to raise prices of food staples lest consumers be unduly profiting from shops trying to lure them with good deals.