DHalf-empty kibble shelves, missing references… Finding food for your pets is becoming difficult in supermarkets and pet stores. Shortages linked to the lack of supply from manufacturers of croquettes and other pâtés. Whether the inflation rate on these products was already highthe rupture rate is also, relates BFM TV. According to the specialized institute IRI, it is around 10%, up 2.3 points over one year. And on dry food for cats, the breakdown amounts to 10.2%, up 4.2 points over one year.
To explain these shortages in stores, several factors are invoked. Purina brand France justified this dynamic by a global economic context which “results in an exceptional increase in production costs”. The increase in demand, since the Covid-19 crisis, is also in question. The company is experiencing difficulties in “absorbing this demand” due to “the situation which has slowed down investment projects”.
Swine fever and bird flu
Another element put forward by Rodolphe Bonnasse, president of the group Aristide and specialist in mass distribution: “a break in the production chain”, he assured the news channel. The swine fever and avian flu that affected producers led to “a lack of raw materials”. “90% of dog food comes from pigs or poultry. […] Read more