ArmInfo. Yerevan Council of Elders member Hovsep Kubatyan has reported a significant increase in dairy prices.
On his Facebook page, he noted that as of today, the price of Marianna cottage cheese has increased from 560 drams to 600 drams, and sour cream from 660 drams to 700 drams. Price increases have been recorded for virtually all dairy products.
Kubatyan attributes this increase to the mandatory product labeling requirement effective October 1, which has resulted in a monopoly created by Nikol Pashinyan's government.
"It's noteworthy that businesses pay 4.2 drams for receiving and printing QR codes and 2.2 drams for printing. This means that to apply a QR code to one item, a business pays 6.4 drams, but the price increase is much more significant. It's also important to note that businesses pay a private company for obtaining a QR code, which is declared the national operator and, by law, a monopoly. Much more interesting is how the national operator was selected and who the owners of this extremely profitable monopoly are, one of whom was also a member of the selection committee when the monopoly was selected," noted a member of the Yerevan Council of Elders.
