Cost of baby formula is steep

Parents in Greece pay for baby formula up to three times as much as in other European countries including countries like Finland and Sweden, according to a price survey carried out in November in three price collections by Greece's Competition Commission, a finding that shows that the market in question is anything but operating competitively in Greece.

In fact, prices in Greece are considerably higher than those in the rest of the Europe for all 10 different milk products for the first and second infant age, all products of large multinational companies, that the Competition Commission examined. 

The findings are extremely worrying, not only because they show that raising a child in Greece from the day of their birth looks like a luxury, but also because it comes 12 years after the state's decision to make infant formula available in supermarkets as well, with the...