They are tired of being “bled” by the mass retailers and let people know. The Regional Federation of Farmers' Unions (FRSEA) and the Young Farmers (JA) of Brittany denounce in a press release "a real spoliation" operated according to them by the large distribution on the price of pork.
"French pig breeders are victims of a real spoliation by the downstream of the sector," write the two unions at the time of the annual commercial negotiations between producers and distributors. The two unions observe that the selling price per kilo is 15 to 21 cents higher in the two main European countries competing with France in pork production, Spain and Germany.
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They ask professional organizations "to refuse the downward price pressure imposed by supermarkets on the French market via the slaughterers". "If nothing moves", the two unions announce that they will organize "very soon the expression of the anger of the breeders faced with this confiscation of value".
After experiencing a strong surge following a long crisis, the price of pork has been steadily falling in recent weeks when quoted on the Breton Pork Market (MPB) which serves as a benchmark nationally.
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