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May 02, 2023
A top grocer says raising employment age could have 'negative' affect

A TOP grocer opposes increasing the minimum employment age, saying this would produce more idle teenagers who get into mischief rather than perform productive activities or help their families.

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December 22, 2022
Grocers president agrees with IDB on price controls

THE president of the Retail Grocers Association said recent commentary from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on the negative impact of expanded price controls on businesses is "spot on".

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December 12, 2022
Grocers 'by and large' compliant, Halkitis says

Although grocers who are members of the Retail Grocers Association failed to change their prices to be in line with the government's gazetted margins, Minister of Economic Affairs Michael Halkitis said yesterday that inspectors reported that grocers are "by and large" compliant. The new margins on 38 categories of items was announced by Prime Minister ...
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December 07, 2022
PM to grocers: Follow the law

At the same time price control inspectors were showing up at some grocery stores to confirm whether they are adhering to price control changes announced weeks ago, Prime Minister Philip Davis was urging grocers to follow the law regarding the new margins, which are intended to help ease inflationary pressures. Minister of Economic Affairs Michael ...
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December 06, 2022
Grocers ignore new margins

Two months after the prime minister announced an expanded price control list, The Nassau Guardian has confirmed that grocers who are members of the Retail Grocers Association have failed to change their prices in line with the new gazetted list. Rupert Roberts, who owns the largest grocery store chain in the country, said yesterday that ...
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November 25, 2022
Halkitis: Grocers complying with price control amendments

Minister of Economic Affairs Michael Halkitis said yesterday that grocers are complying with the government's expanded price control list, which was introduced to bring relief to Bahamians grappling with inflation. "We have our inspectors in the field," Halkitis said. "I'm being advised by them that, by and large, there is compliance with the new regulations. They're ...
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November 07, 2022
Grocers reject govt's final price control list

While pharmacists and the government reached a happy medium last week in a disagreement over price-controlled drugs, grocers yesterday rejected the government's latest amended list of items that are being added to the breadbasket. President of the Retail Grocers' Association Philip Beneby and Super Value food store chain owner Rupert Roberts both told The Nassau ...
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November 03, 2022
Petroleum dealer: pharmacists, grocers now feeling our pain

Pharmacies and grocery stores are now feeling what gas station operators have been enduring for months now, Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association (BPDA) Vice President Vasco Bastian said yesterday. As the price of oil per barrel skyrocketed at the start of the year, retail petroleum dealers pleaded with the government to increase their profit margins from ...
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November 02, 2022
Chamber throws support behind grocers, pharmacies, tourism stakeholders

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) yesterday threw its support behind retail grocers, pharmacies and tourism stakeholders that have recently spoken out against the new price control measures, the increase in the minimum wage on January 1, and substantial Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) rate hikes. Chamber Chairperson Khrystle Rutherford-Ferguson said these pres...

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November 02, 2022
Grocers defiantly refuse to change prices

Grocers have refused to reflect price changes in line with new price control regulations, whose enforcement the government said took effect yesterday. John Bostwick, the attorney representing the Retail Grocers' Association, said last night the position remains the same as it was yesterday morning, and that is, there are still no changes to the prices. ...
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