The Government continues to explore different ways to appease inflation in the shopping basket. After the economic vice president, Nadia Calviño, urged farmers and ranchers to transfer the reduction in energy costs and the public aid received to the following links after detecting 60% price increases at source, the food chain observatory met yesterday to analyze cost and price developments and agreed to monitor various foods.
Specifically, the representatives of the chain -producers, industry and distribution- agreed with the Government to set up several working groups that will begin to meet from next April to update the reports of the oil value chain extra virgin olive oil and packaged liquid milk, in addition to making specific reports on peaches, nectarines, potatoes, tomatoes, citrus fruits and honey, as requested by professional agricultural organizations.
These are descriptive studies of the set of costs involved in each marketing stage that a food goes through from its harvest in the field to the table and are key to understanding the pricing process and promoting transparency in the publication of prices. the costs.
In parallel, and to defend itself against the accusations of the economic vice president, the primary sector demanded a production cost observatory and import tools from other European countries such as the commercial margin observatories that exist in France. All this, to result in “transparency” and “balance”, demanded the representatives of the sector.
For its part, the Ministry of Agriculture presented two reports that reveal that retail prices have become less expensive than the prices of the food industry, that is, that the chain has cushioned part of the inflation, and that prices Consumption habits have changed in favor of manufacturer brands, offers and substitution of fresh products.
But from the agrarian organizations they insisted that the distribution companies are maintaining their margin while theirs is dwindling.
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