Producers of chicken, eggs or foie gras are caught between the soaring food of their poultry and the “
indifference
” of supermarkets who do not want to take it into account in their purchase prices, denounces Monday. CFA professional union, affiliated to the FNSEA, citing the cases of Carrefour, Casino and Aldi.
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Whether we are raising rabbits, broilers or laying hens, the price of their feed is more than 19% higher than in January 2020, and more than 4% compared to December 2020
", reports the president of the French Aviculture Confederation (CFA), Jean-Michel Schaeffer, quoted in a press release.
However, according to the CFA, distributors are turning a blind eye to this rise in the price of cereals used in animal rations and refuse to pay more for products purchased from the food industries.
This ultimately threatens the income of breeders.
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Operators of poultry slaughter and egg packaging have indicated that they are no longer able to meet their financial commitments to farmers and ask that the contracts be revised downwards
", deplores the union .
Supermarkets pinned by the CFA
The CFA reserves its arrows to supermarkets guilty according to it of "
indifference
", in this text retweeted by the president of the FNSEA, Christiane Lambert.
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If brands have clearly heard the messages and understand the issues, others, and not least, Casino, Carrefour and Aldi, seem to have decided to ignore the demands of breeders
", continues the union of breeders.
Faced with a "
financially unsustainable situation
", he says he had to "
inform consumers so that they can draw their own conclusions
".
Annual commercial negotiations between producers, food manufacturers and distributors run until March 1 in a tense context.
