JERSEY’s consumer watch-dog has found that prices have risen by seven per cent since the introduction of GST in May.
The Island’s Consumer Council carried out a price check in the Island’s main supermarkets in April and again in May to compare prices before and after the three per cent Goods and Services Tax was implemented.
Deputy Alan Breckon, the Consumer Council chairman, said that he did not think the rise was down to just GST and inflation.
‘We have not seen the proof of that. We know about world commodities, but this is a significant jump in a short period of time when you look at it,’ he said. ‘GST is three per cent and is coming out as five or six per cent, so what are the issues here? Are people taking advantage of a situation?
