Large suppliers of meat products are asked by retailers to raise purchasing prices for sausage and sausages by 10-15% due to the total rise in price of pork and chicken meat. This writes "Kommersant" with reference to the appeal of meat processors to Russian trading networks.
According to the publication, meat processors argue their appeal to large retail networks to a significant increase in the cost of raw materials. Today, the carcass broiler of the first category costs 134-138 rubles. per kilogram, and last year its price amounted to 87-92 rubles. Also raised in price and pork - from 119 rubles. For a kilogram, the price rose to 134-138 rubles.
The appeal of meat processors to increase purchasing prices has already been received in Ribe, the Kommersant reports. This request was confirmed by the source of the publication and in another large network. According to him, in some cases, manufacturers promise to prolong the price of price increases for several months. In the X5 Retail Group ("Pyaterochka", "Crossroads") reported that they consider all the appeals of suppliers, Kommersant writes.
The commercial director of the APE "Our Hitch" (Brand "Stakka") Artem Kudimov informed the publication that this year the price of beef can also grow within 15% in relation to last year, including due to an increase in the cost of finished products.
"The only way of manufacturers to keep margin is to broadcast price rates," the meat recycling representative told the publication of Kommersant.
The head of the National Meat Association Sergey Yushin doubts that the growth of pork value is the main reason, due to which large suppliers are asked to raise purchase prices.
According to Yushina, despite the increase in prices by 10% in February, now pork is cheaper than in the summer of 2019 and 2020. The expert clarified that the structure of the costs of large suppliers increases prices for other production costs: spices that are tied to currency, shell and packaging, as well as on logistics and electricity.
Sergey Yushin also told the publication of Kommersant, which is now in Russia more than 1,000 meat steps and in high competition, retailers may not agree to the terms of the suppliers.
The President of Agrifood Strategies Albert Davleev believes that the poultry meat is becoming more expensive due to the fixation of the value of the feed of the feed at a high level - on average 18 000 rubles. per ton. The expert also noted that in the context of the spread of avian flu and cutting of the livestock, large suppliers are lack of working capital. According to Davleev, the increase in the price of chicken meat is inevitable, Kommersant writes.
Nevertheless, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is confident that there are no reasons for increasing prices for meat products. The department clarified that at the beginning of 2021 the cost of pork and poultry meat decreased due to the oversaturation of the market, therefore there is no reason to increase the cost of meat products.