The Independent Authority for Market Control and Consumer Protection, AAEA&PK, on the occasion of publications regarding the disclosure of the detailed list of product codes in which list price reductions have been recorded, clarifies the following:
There is no concealment of data whatsoever. There is no deception of consumers. There is a law, there are administrative data, and there is an obligation of the State to handle them with institutional seriousness.
The detailed database with product codes, barcodes, purchase prices, suppliers, announcement dates and implementation dates constitutes an administrative and audit archive, which is transmitted to the competent authorities within the framework of the legislation on the announcement of price changes and market monitoring.
The legislation provides that the relevant data on price increases and price decreases of suppliers and wholesalers are transmitted by the obligated supermarket chains to the Ministry of Development and the AAEA&PK, on a weekly basis, for control and supervision purposes. These data include commercially sensitive information and are covered by a confidentiality clause for the protection of trade secrecy.
Therefore, the full detailed list of codes, barcodes, suppliers, wholesalers and purchase prices cannot be made public, because this would violate the current institutional framework and would expose trade secret data.
What can be made public is the aggregate picture, so that citizens know what is really happening in the market, without violating the law.
For the period 01.04.2026 to 24.06.2026, the processing of the available data shows:
• 1,898 recorded price decreases of suppliers’ basic list products
• numerical average price decrease of 5.94%
• reductions in product categories that directly concern the household basket. The 1,898 price decreases concern list price reductions from suppliers and wholesalers to supermarket chains. The final shelf price is shaped by each retail business, within the framework of its commercial policy, its pricing strategy, promotional actions and market rules. However, as a rule, list price reductions create the basis for a corresponding de-escalation of final shelf prices.
Indicatively, the 1,898 price decreases are distributed among basic product groups as follows:
• 1,116 price decreases in fresh meat, of which 907 in fresh beef and 209 in fresh pork. These are mainly list price decreases linked to meat wholesalers to supermarket chains.
• 120 price decreases in packaged coffee.
• 63 price decreases in cheeses.
• 44 price decreases in olive oil.
• 35 price decreases in shampoos and hair care products.
• 29 price decreases in biscuits.
• 27 price decreases in soft drinks.
• 19 price decreases in pasta.
• 445 price decreases in other basic product categories included in the market monitoring data.
The greatest concentration of reductions appears in fresh meat, that is, in a category of immediate consumption that affects the household basket. At the same time, notable reductions are recorded in packaged coffee, olive oil, cheeses, pasta and basic personal care items.
The Authority underlines that the reference to these data does not constitute a claim of violation, culpability or assessment of compliance of a specific business. It constitutes an aggregate depiction of the list price reductions that have been recorded and processed within the framework of market supervision.
The claims that the non-disclosure of the detailed list of codes supposedly constitutes “deception of consumers” are completely inaccurate. The reality is exactly the opposite: the Authority applies the law. It collects data, checks them, processes them, makes the aggregate picture public and uses the detailed database for audit purposes.
Those who request the publication of a full list of codes know or ought to know that they are requesting the publication of commercially sensitive data.
The Authority publishes the conclusions. It does not publish commercially sensitive databases. This is not concealment. It is application of the law.
PASOK: Make public the codes with the reduced prices
Earlier, PASOK press representative Kostas Tsoukalas had stated: “the day before yesterday on the television program Now of Mega News with Maira Barba, Mr. Apostolos Petalas, General Director of the Hellenic Super Market Association, who represented the Association at the meeting with the Prime Minister at the Maximos Mansion, when asked who the 2,000 codes are for which the Minister of Development committed that reduced prices would be maintained, replied that ‘the super markets do not know who the 2,000 codes are nor which categories they concern. The only one who knows is the Minister of Development, Mr. Theodorikakos.
He even stated that the issue of abolishing the cap was not even discussed at the meeting with the Prime Minister, confirming that the government had already accepted in advance the lifting of the cap.
Things are clear.
The government is not negotiating, it goes with its hands down and begs for prices to be stabilized for the period that the pre-election period will last. It mocks and deceives consumers.
It is inconceivable that the social partners involved in the issue do not know which products had their prices reduced. The government throws out numbers that have no relation to reality for communication reasons.
Is it possible to commit to maintaining prices on 2,000 codes and the super markets that sell the products not to know them? Is it possible for the government to refuse to make public the list of codes? How will the consumer know? Unless, as it appears, on this issue too, as on others, they are shamelessly mocking society.
We call on the Minister of Development Mr. Theodorikakos to make the 2,000 codes public today, otherwise he will be gravely exposed and will be admitting the deception”