Govt app to compare prices

Government is closely monitoring food prices across major supermarket chains and inspectors will check anything that is outside the margin.

Acting director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Bertram Johnson, gave that assurance yesterday at the launch of the PriceCheck app at the Ministry of Energy and Business under which the department falls.

The PriceCheck app compares the prices of 12 major supermarkets and retailers for shoppers.

The items compared...