Last Saturday, the President of the Republic encouraged distributors to take on their margins to absorb inflation.
A way of putting pressure on the brands, then about to complete, overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, their annual tariff negotiations with the food industry.
Now that most of the contracts have been signed, the government is flying to the aid of industrialists, weakened by the soaring cost of agricultural raw materials and energy
Fearing "
a dark year for the food industry
" and business bankruptcies, Roland Lescure, Minister Delegate for Industry, presented a support plan for the sector on Friday, with a public-private fund of 500 million euros. euros.
“
It's a challenge for the country's food sovereignty;
it is an issue for employment in our territory
, ”he explains to Agra Presse.
The temporary shutdown of production at Cofigeo (William Saurin) due to rising energy costs…
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