Grocers push back

Pushback against the prime minister's announcement in his national address last week of an expansion of price-controlled items intensified over the weekend with the Retail Grocers Association of The Bahamas saying its members will not implement the changes today as gazetted by the government, and some would be forced to start layoffs and store closures ...
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Adding more items to price control could cost job cuts, grocer says

The decision by government to increase the number of grocery items subject to price control at a time when electricity costs and wage bills are increasing will cut the profits of grocers, and may even lead some to close their doors, Retail Grocers Association President Philip Beneby said yesterday. "It would be a disaster for ...
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Grocers implore PM to end weekend lockdown

THE Retail Grocers Association has called for the end to the weekend lockdowns along with the 7pm curfew, insisting the measures have left businesses teetering on the edge of bankruptcy...

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Small grocer sees spike in demand due to lockdown

While most businesses were downsizing and conducting layoffs in the past two weeks due to COVID-19, owner of Discount Distributors Ryan Turnquest said his business demand increased so significantly that he has had to hire 10 new employees and purchase four new delivery trucks. Turnquest [...]
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JOINT STATEMENT: The Ministry of Finance and The Bahamas Retail Grocers Association

Over ?80 percent? of the grocery store is now VAT-Free 
Cost reduced for thousands of everyday items at the grocery...

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Grocers prepared for VAT, RGA chief says

President of the Retail Grocers Association (RGA) Philip Beneby yesterday said that supermarket preparedness for the recently introduced value-added tax (VAT) continues to be "a work in progress" as grocers adjust to the new tax regime.
Speaking with Guardian Business, Beneby said he is confident that all of the retail grocers are prepared for the tax. Many local supermarkets were closed Thursday ...

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Grocers 'relieved' at food item exemption reversal

A major shift by the government to no longer exempt any food items in newly-tabled value-added tax legislation was welcomed by the head of the Retail Grocers Association (RGA), who expressed his pleasure that the government had "seen the wisdom" in the association's position.
Philip Beneby, president of the RGA, said of the elimination of the "VAT exempt" items from the legislation: "It will make ...

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Grocers to push for price control hikes despite VAT uncertainty

Prime Minister Perry Christie's recent announcement that the government may delay the implementation of value-added tax (VAT) will not affect a request from the Retail Grocers Association for a 33 percent increase in the markup grocery stores can apply to price-controlled items, Philip Beneby, president of the Retailer Grocers Association, told Guardian Business.
Beneby said the association is sti...

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