Our View: Price alone does not attract consumers to a specific supermarket

Every few months the Consumers Association issues figures collected via e-kalathi which compare the prices of a range of products available in different supermarkets. In the latest edition, the association reported that in the first half of May, 182 product barcodes covering 31 product categories were subject to price rises ranging from 1 per cent to nine per cent. The categories recording the highest price increases were nuts, fruit juices,