“We ca n’t help it. Employees’ salaries are doubled as usual, and the unloading fee has increased from 300 yuan per vehicle to 1,000 yuan ... ”“ Put a cart of vegetables from Shandong, and the normal freight is more than 5,000 yuan. Now 15,000 yuan ca n’t be found. car……"
On March 5th, the Shiyan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, in conjunction with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, interviewed 4 large-scale supermarkets in the city on the issue of prices of daily necessities for citizens. Upon coming up, the leaders of the Super League have stated their difficulties.
"Is there any room for price reduction?" The cadres of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission asked the questions directly.
"Yes, yes, but ..."
"Protecting the needs of people's livelihood is the most urgent thing at the moment. It is recommended that the supermarkets sell at the lowest price. Any suspected behavior of driving up prices will be investigated seriously." Zheng Shaobo, head of the Price Supervision Section of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, finalized.
Since the outbreak, this is the fourth time that Shiyan City has interviewed Shangchao for "rice bags" and "vegetable baskets."
The first two were on January 23 and January 28, respectively. At that time, with the spread of the epidemic, Shiyan was fully controlled, and the prices of some commodities rose. After the interview, the five supermarkets, including Shoukang Yongle, Wushang Neihe, Xinhe Cooperative, Wandefu, and Good Neighbors, jointly promised to "close the door, keep supplying, and not raise prices."
On February 21, it was detected that some merchants had problems such as untimely delivery, high prices, and lack of weight in the "contactless delivery" service. The Shiyan City Market Supervision Bureau held a third interview and reminded a few operators at the scene. Caution, and from February 22, the city's 14 home appliance business platform vegetables, grains, oils, and fruit prices will be compared and publicized, forcing operators to set reasonable prices.
The interview on March 5 also had an immediate effect. Four supermarkets said on the spot that starting at 00:00 on March 6, they reduced prices on 23 varieties of six categories, including indica rice, flour, cabbage, and radish, and 19 major e-commerce platforms including the city's Yuncaitong responded in succession. According to estimates, the prices of 22 daily necessities have all fallen sharply, with an overall decline of 25.6%.
Recently, the three inspection teams of the Shiyan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau conducted special inspections on the fulfillment of the commitments of the enterprises. The prices of the supermarkets and e-commerce platforms were in place, and there was no illegal operation of maliciously driving up prices. According to the data released by the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau on March 8, the average price of 13 kinds of vegetables in Shiyan City on March 7 was lower than the same period last year by 5.75% and eggs were lower by 21.28%. The other varieties were the same as the same period except that flour was slightly higher by 0.51%. Decline or remain the same; the overall ratio of the 17 cities and states in the province ranked third. (Dai Wenhui, correspondent of Hubei Daily, correspondent Wang Bo)