From the Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Producers Operators of the Central Market of Buenos Aires (COMAFRU), issued a statement in which they publicly denounced a abusive redialing in the prices of seasonal and mass consumption products.
The wholesalers of the Central Market maintain that they decided to make the situation public since they consider that it is a reality that “directly affects the purchasing power of consumers“. For this, they carried out a survey on the marketing of seasonal and mass consumption products in their basket and noticed a highlight “frightening“.
Impact on food prices
The statement highlights the prices of specific products where the situation is most reflected:
- Dad: Retailers get the kilo at a price of $300 and $350, while on shelves it can be found for up to $1099.
- Onion: with a cost for the retailer between $150 and 1470 per kilo, it is offered to the public at $429.
- Carrot: Retailers get it at a price of $250 to $320 per kilo and it is available on shelves. $799.
- Sweet potato: sold by producers between $350 and $380 per kilogram, on shelves it reaches up to $1299 weights per kilogram.
- Tomato: bought by greengrocers between $300 and $500 per kilo, it is sold to the public at $2200.
The word of the president of COMAFRU
During an interview he gave Fabián Zeta, president of COMAFRUto C5N explained some points of the statement issued by the Chamber and gave a warning about what is happening with prices.
“We went out to survey supermarket prices because we saw a substantial drop in sales“, he detailed. In addition, he explained that whenever they carry out the surveys they find that almost all the chains make a markup in the prices that they have already “been protesting”, however, he maintained that this time it is “too excessive and even abusive“.
Also, he mentioned that in the greengrocers the prices are also tallbut they are sold cheaper than in supermarkets.
In that sense, he maintained that the situation “it has a solution“According to Zeta, the Central Market has a press area that would have to work with them to communicate their prices and then they communicate to the consumer how much they have to pay for seasonal products.
Fabián mentioned that hard products like potatoes and onions would have to have a markup of 50% and not 50%. 300% or 400% as they noted in the last survey. “Supermarkets are where there is the most difference.“, he pointed.
As for greengrocers, he explained that they usually set their prices below supermarket prices and, when reaching the consumer public, it seems that it is cheap. “We as wholesalers of the Central Market want the greengrocer to come, but let there be no abuse“, hill.
Source: Ambito
