Consumers demand to focus on food products... and an expert: The reduction includes offers, not the prices of the goods themselves

Additional discounts of up to 30% on merchandise offers that bring them back to their previous levels

The offers included items that were popular with consumers.

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Consumers reported that the prices of a number of offers decreased by up to 30% and returned to their previous price levels, in outlets for the first time, after months of rising, affected by a global rise.

Consumers called for extending the decline to include various commodities, focusing on food commodities in particular, as it constitutes a priority for them.

Two officials in outlets said that the decline in the prices of offers is due to the decline in oil prices and the prices of raw materials globally, explaining that the expansion of the cuts to include more goods, depends on the price curve globally during the coming period, geopolitical developments and the date of new orders.

An expert in retail affairs said that the reduction included price offers, not the prices of the goods themselves, because the offers are temporary, lasting for a few weeks, until matters become clear in the global market during the coming period.

A tour of "Emirates Today", in a number of sales outlets and cooperative societies, showed that the decline in the values ​​of offers included food and non-food commodities, as well as commodities that were popular with consumers.

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In detail, the consumer, Saeed Al-Buraiki, said that the prices or “values” of offers decreased and returned to their previous price levels in outlets for the first time.

He explained that the outlet offered an offer on one of the imported meat types, bringing its price down to 24 dirhams per kilogram, after its price in previous offers exceeded 32 dirhams, a decrease of 25% from its price in previous offers.

He added that outlets offered an offer on one of the types of tissue paper, bringing its price down to 28 dirhams, after its price in previous offers reached 40 dirhams, with a decrease of 30%.

Al-Buraiki called for extending the decline to include various commodities, focusing on food commodities in particular, as they constitute a priority for consumers.

First time

The consumer, Najat Jassem, said that the prices or “values” of offers decreased and returned to their previous price levels, for the first time in months in outlets, after rising during the past months.

She explained that an outlet offered an offer for one of the oils, bringing its price down to 16.75 dirhams, after the price of the same type in previous offers reached 22 dirhams, a 24% decrease.

She pointed out that one of the outlets offered an offer on a type of soap, bringing its price down from 23 dirhams to 14.75 dirhams, after its price in previous offers reached 18 dirhams, with a decrease of 18% from the price of the previous offer, and another outlet offered an offer on one of the juices to decrease The price of two packages reached 10.75 dirhams, after its price was 13 dirhams in previous offers, a decrease of 17.3%.

She called for extending the decline to include various commodities, with a focus on food commodities.

The consumer, Marwan Nagy, said that the prices of offers decreased for the first time and returned to their previous levels in outlets for the first time, after rising during the past months.

He added that one of the outlets offered a discounted offer on a type of sterilizer, bringing its price down to 7.5 dirhams, after it was sold in previous offers for 10 dirhams, down 25%, and another outlet offered a reduced offer on a type of toothpaste, to decrease to 8.75 dirhams, after it amounted to 8.75 dirhams. Its price in previous offers is 12 dirhams, a decrease of 27%.

Offer prices

In turn, the official in one of the outlets in Abu Dhabi, Idris Ibrahim, confirmed that “the decline in the prices of offers is due to the decrease in the prices of many raw materials globally and the decline in oil prices,” noting that “the reductions apply to new orders of goods in particular and stored goods, There are fears that it will be damaged or outdated.”

He noted that expanding the scope of the cuts to include more commodities, especially food products, depends on the global price curve, during the coming period, geopolitical developments and the date of new orders.

And the official at another outlet, Muhammad Al-Assaad, considered that “the decline in the values ​​of some offers may be a gradual beginning of their return to their previous levels, but the occurrence and timing of this depends on several considerations, on top of which are oil prices, prices of main raw materials, geopolitical developments and the end of the purchased inventory. At the old high prices.

For his part, the retail affairs expert, Ibrahim Al-Bahr, said that “the drop in the prices of some offers came as a result of the stability that the market is currently witnessing, as a result of the drop in oil prices, which traders linked to the rise in prices mainly, as well as the decrease in some raw materials and intense competition between outlets.” Selling to attract consumers.

Al-Bahr explained that it is noticeable that the reduction included price offers, not the prices of the commodities themselves, because the offers are temporary, and last for a few weeks, until things become clear in the global market, during the coming period, with regard to the prices of raw materials, petroleum and geopolitical developments.

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