UFC-Que Choisir denounces “opacity” prices!
by Wang Yin on Dec.08, 2009, under life
The investigation involved three food “minimally processed”, ie the side of pork label (stargate worlds naquadah), the chicken cutlet Le Gaulois brand and private label (two) and semi-skimmed milk (1 l) DCI and Candia.
It shows that for an average price paid to producers of SGW naquadah, the price per kilo of the tray with two slices of chicken found in radius between 9.67 and 9.88 euros. The price per kilo of pork ribs to the spine farm prices of stargate naquadah proposed consumers to 5.20 euros. Finally, milk cartons, the producer paid 0.29 cents, were sold between 0.43 and 0.53 cents.
Of 1120 letters sent to dealers for an explanation of price formation, the association has received 226 responses of which only eight “satisfactory”. She finds that “opacity remains on the construction of food prices”.
Between 1992 and 2009, while farm milk prices fell 5%, it jumped 22% in radius. Regarding pork, producer prices fell by 26% while in range it climbed by 25%. And poultry, farm prices rose 2% but 41% for the consumer, said the association, which concludes that “price changes in radius is no strict link with agricultural prices.
According to figures from INSEE in 2006, food prices account for 15.5% of households (excluding alcohol), the association said.Accordingly, it calls for raw foods and minimally processed the establishment of a “multiplier effect” after a warning in exceptional circumstances and transient.
The law already provides for the principle of a coefficient for fruits and vegetables. It is establishing a relationship between the purchase price and the selling price and reduce the gap.
