Marudai Foods Co., Ltd., headquartered in Osaka, announced that it will raise the price and reduce the content of 250 products such as ham and sausage from March next year in response to the soaring prices of raw materials. Did.
According to the announcement, Marudai Foods will raise the price of about 230 items such as ham and sausage from 5% to 15% from March 1st next year, and the price of about 20 other items will remain unchanged. I am trying to reduce the content.
The targets of the review are all products of our own brand, which account for about 20% of the products handled by the company.
In addition to soaring purchase prices for raw materials such as pork and beef, transportation costs are also rising, and the price increase will be the first since August 2014.
On the other hand, private brand products sold at convenience stores are not included in this target.
Marudai Foods said, "Although we have made efforts in the company, it has become difficult to absorb the increase in costs, and we have to revise the price."
Regarding ham and sausage, "Nippon-Ham" and "Itoham" have also announced that they will raise their prices earlier this month due to the soaring prices of raw materials.