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As is known, this month marks six months since the signing of the memorandum between the Ministry of Economics and representatives of retail chains to reduce food prices. Unfortunately, experts were right - the memorandum could not significantly impact the situation, inflation continued to rise and reached 4.3%, while food prices increased even more - by 5.8%! "Of course, I am not satisfied with the result! Although it should be noted that in the low-price segment, there was no increase in costs - on the contrary, prices in this segment have decreased by 0.8% since May. But we must continue to use control tools - we know that recently the Competition Council fined a retail chain 2 million. We must continue to exert pressure on retailers," the Minister of Economics stated this evening on Latvian TV.