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Romanian Govt OKs Program Providing Pensioners With Cheap Food Products
21.09.2011, 18:30 | Economy | 1007 views
Romania’s Government on Wednesday approved, through a decision, the “solidarity basket” program aimed to sell food products at a discount to pensioners, people close to the matter told Mediafax. The normative act, presented by Mediafax early August, states that the food products will be sold to pensioners through companies set up by the local authorities, which will purchase the products through auctions and charge a markup to cover their expenses. The pensioners' "solidarity basket" will include flour, sugar, oil, maize, rice and other products with a long shelf life, chosen by the county council (or General Council in the case of Bucharest). Read more on Mediafax.ro
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