2023-08-11 06:56:46
Yanis Darras
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9:30 a.m., August 11, 2023
The new president of the FNSEA Arnaud Rousseau was the guest of Europe 1 Matin this Friday. At the microphone of Lionel Gougelot, the agricultural trade unionist calls not to reduce “the margin of operators”, while new negotiations with large retailers could take place soon, in order to lower prices on the shelves.
Almost empty shopping carts and customers who have their eyes riveted on the labels. In supermarkets, the continuous rise in prices for more than a year is pushing the French to reduce their consumption, especially of fruit and vegetables. While the boss of the Leclerc group, Michel-Edouard Leclerc, assured mid-July on Europe 1 that there will be no green September, the situation could however change in the coming months.
A long battle
Large retailers want to return to the negotiating table with their suppliers, to renegotiate lower prices, and thus relieve the portfolio of the French. An initiative widely desired by Bruno le Maire, Minister of the Economy, who has been calling for several weeks to make a gesture to lower prices on the shelves of supermarkets.
Bring customers back to the shelves
“It’s a red line,” says the president of the FNSEA. “On the other hand, we are aware that for a certain number of our compatriots, it is difficult to feed themselves. (…) But in any case, as regards agricultural production on our farms, it is not there is no question of going back on prices. I repeat, the margin of farmers is low and I also want to say here that the farmer is someone who works almost 60 hours a week, who invests many capital and who is of rather middle or even low income”. It is therefore impossible for him to ask the farmers for more effort.
It remains to be seen whether large retailers will hear this call, as they want to return to more accessible prices to bring customers back to the store.
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