Customers of large retailers will stand in line hoping to buy at the frozen price.

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The government said they had frozen the price of prescription pre-payment certificates for a further year.

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In the meantime, the businesses that make it will either have huge margins on each order to cover the cost of these difficulties, or will be the companies with almost limitless pockets that can survive a long, frozen winter of price wars before the eventual thaw.

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This is because the strain on subsidies is bound to increase as the government usually raises the state-assured prices paid to farmers every year for procuring food grain stocks, while the supply price would remain frozen under the proposed law, he added.

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"Consumers have frozen up, and retailers will have to rely on price, " said industry analyst Stephanie Hoff of Edward Jones.

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They may use that wiggle room to raise the cost of petrol, frozen for the past six years despite big rises in the world price of oil.

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"At Waitrose, the welfare of animals and quality of our fresh and frozen meat has always been of the highest priority, " added Mr Price.

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So ConAgra revived its Banquet frozen food brand by reformulating the meals to make them more nutritious while also taking out costs to keep the price affordable.

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