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b'Excessively high food costs have been driving many Czechs to do their shopping across the border in Poland or Germany. Reacting to the high profits posted by agricultural companies, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said he is glad the price of basic foodstuffs like milk, sugar, and butter is finally beginning to fall, and that others must follow suit. However, given the country\\u2019s dependence on imported products, there is little control over determining food prices due to a lack of internal competition. I spoke with Dana Ve\\u010de\\u0159ov\\xe1, President of the Czech Food Chamber, about the situation.'