Mexican Stores to Help Hold Down Inflation
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY —
The 87 city-owned supermarkets will freeze prices of basic foods and other essentials for the month of December as part of a program to hold down inflation, the government newspaper El Nacional said Sunday.
Privately owned supermarkets and department stores, meanwhile, announced December discounts of from 5% to 40% on 147 food, clothing and domestic articles.
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