
Latvian authorities don’t understand the essence of retail trade, and interference of the state in the free market in the long-term perspective will only benefit. Valdis Turlais Valdis Turlais stated this in an interview with LETA Chairman of SIA Rimi Latvia Valdis Turlais. Delfi publishes key fragments of this conversation.At the beginning of the Food and Agriculture Organization UN reported, that world food prices in 2024
dropped by 2.1%, while while prices in Latvia continued to increase. Turlais: In 2022
yearinflationinLatviawashigh,butthenitdeclinedquickly.