Why are food prices constantly increasing?

In October, food and non-alcoholic beverages became 15.4% more expensive compared to the same month of 2021, The rise since 1994, which represents a new record.

The question of why food took its own inflationary path, The characteristics of this chain are subject not only to global economic trends, but also to the influence of weather and health on their production.

The biggest increase in consumer prices occurred in sugar with an annual increase of 42.8% and Javier Narváez, agricultural services coordinator of Acor sugar company, explained to Efe that “the sugar industry has not benefited” from this huge increase.

blamed it various factors such as “distribution” and “the European price of this product has increased between 19% and 20% since this summer”.

He added that it was less so in Europe last season. beet production, cWith lower yields and the same this year, due to drought and high temperatures that reduced the volume available.

“This is why small companies producing sugary products have ‘spot’ or occasional last-minute sales that do not make up even 1 percent of the total. became more expensive, but not too much preplanned and fixed sales to large food batches‘ he pointed.

Regarding “mouth candy”, he commented: It is the distribution chains that determine the final price.

Legumes and vegetables, more expensive

From the other major Spanish producer AB Azucarera Iberia, “It has to do with the increase in energy cost, logistics cost and production cost”.

The second highest rising food category is legumes and fresh vegetables fresh fruits recorded an annual increase of 12.8%.

Andrés Góngora, head of the fruit and vegetable sector at COAG, believes: What’s going on with the consumer price index (CPI) is ‘unclear’ in the case of vegetables, the production volume has been very high since October due to the high temperatures in the field that accelerated their ripening.

“I don’t understand what supermarkets are doing that keep the prices high, do not encourage the consumption of vegetables and fruits, are in decline and aggravate the consumers.to the condition of the manufacturer“He was punished.

bad weather

Fepex, fruit and vegetable federation the increase in fruit is due to “weather conditions causing a sharp drop in production.”

this eggs are now 25.5% more expensive than a year ago and María del Mar Fernández, director of the egg producers’ association (Aseprhu), attributes this increase mainly to the global egg shortage due to the impact of avian flu on European and North American farms in recent months.

single It is estimated that around 13 million chickens are lost in Europe to replace dead or slaughtered animals. to control epidemics.

It also continues to impress as statedor increase in costs, raw materials and other inputs that make the product more expensive, especially in the first half of the year.

increase in feed prices

The fourth most inflationary food category was milk (+25%), in this case because increase in feed price (they doubled in one year), resulting in increased value of the product along the entire chain from farm to fork, along with energy costs.

The industry had already pointed out months ago that More dairy cows were being culled than usual due to lack of profitability and this will translate into product shortages in the fall, resulting in an increase in prices, and the predictions seem to have been met.

Francisco Fernández, president of the main dairy association (Agaprol) in Spain, even IProduction of dairy products, which are in low demand, has stopped due to the lack of domestic and foreign milk.

A liter of milk was sold a year ago. average 59 cents at supermarkets and it is around that price right now, but in the first link, that is, the sale of the farmer to the industry can give an idea about the price increase applied.

However, according to Fernández, the farmer a fair profit margin because he pays twice as much for a bag of feed as he did a year ago.