Hungarian Retailers Reluctant to Accept SZÉP Cards
- 3 Jan 2022 7:22 AM
- Hungary Around the Clock
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced last week that the fringe benefit accumulating SZÉP cards can be used at retail units to buy food between February 1 and May 31, 2022 but retailers are reluctant to invest in establishing the card-reading infrastructure just for four months, a source told website 444.
The government confirmed on Thursday that food can be purchased with the SZÉP card.
Népszava calculates that Ft 270 billion, or about 10% of the annual food sales in Hungary, can be available on SZÉP cards.
The government has chosen a unique solution to prevent voters from feeling the sharp rise in food prices before the elections, the newspaper comments.
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