Calbee, a major confectionery maker, has decided to raise the price of some products including its mainstay potato chips and reduce the content after September, saying that raw material prices are continuing to rise. ..
This is the second price increase for some potato chips products.
According to the announcement, a total of 157 products, including snacks and cereals, including the mainstay potato chips, are subject to price increases and so-called "real price increases" that reduce the content.
Since September, prices will be revised sequentially, and the range of price increases for snacks and cereals is expected to be about 10% to 20% at store prices.
In addition, 16 of the target products, potato chips, have been raised in price since January, and this will be the second price increase in this year.
About the reason In the company, in addition to the cost of transportation and packaging materials rising due to the soaring price of crude oil, the price of raw materials such as potatoes procured from home and abroad continues to rise, and it is necessary to maintain the price only by corporate efforts. It is said that it became difficult.
Since September, the confectionery maker has decided to raise the price of some potato chips products for the second time, and the movement to raise the price of snacks is spreading.