UK Treasury Discusses Voluntary Price Caps on Food Staples With Supermarkets
The UK Treasury is in talks with major supermarkets about voluntarily capping prices on essential food items, such as eggs, bread, and milk. In exchange, the government may relax packaging requirements or defer changes to healthy food advertising rules. The initiative aims to ease household cost-of-living pressures but has received a lukewarm response from retailers.
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