Consumer association Facua predicts: 875% of the price increase between the rural food price and the retail price It is found in some certain foods in supermarkets. For this, Facua analyzed thirteen basic products, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, eggs and sunflower oil.
This is one of the conclusions from the study (see Tables), in which the association compared the amount paid to the farmer to produce a product with the price that the consumer subsequently purchased from the main supermarkets operating in Spain.
Thirteen products were considered in this analysis, including: fruits, vegetables, legumes, eggs and sunflower oils. Origin prices were obtained and/or calculated from the data published by the General Directorate of Analysis, Coordination and Statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the first week of January 2024. Retrieval of prices in supermarkets (Mercadona, Dia, Alcampo, Eroski, Lidl, Aldi, Alcampo and Carrefour) took place on 2, 3, 8 and 9 January 2024.
FACUA has been asking governments for years to implement double labeling so consumers know what farmers are charging for produce sold in supermarkets. Double labeling would offer the opportunity to know which companies are inflating profit margins the most and which companies are penalizing the primary industry the most by forcing them to over-adjust their prices.
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Weight lemons was originally paid in early January 0.20 euro. The average price per kilo at sales points is; 1.79 euros (695% more expensive). Considering the most expensive price detected in supermarkets (1.99 euro/kilo in Aldi and Lidl), this difference reaches 875%.
Weight brown lentils In the supermarket it costs on average 369% more than what the farmer pays for the same product (0.76 euro/kg). In Pardina branded lentil packaging, the difference reaches 596% La Asturiana at Hipercor (5.29 euro/kg).
Weight fuji apples The starting price is 0.73 euros, while the average price at points of sale is 2.54 euros (248% more). At Hipercor, this fruit reaches 3.95 euros per kilo; This is 441% more than the amount requested by the farmer.
According to the information published by the Ministry of Agriculture, onions It costs 0.46 euros at checkout, while the average price in supermarkets is 1.96 euros (326% more). Compared to sweet onions per kilo in the Mercadona, this difference reaches 430%.
The producer charges per kilo chickpeas The price of this legume at sales points is 2.43% (207% more). The maximum difference reaches 412% in the Luengo brand roasted chickpea package (4.05 euro/kg) offered for sale at Carrefour.
Weight mushrooms It is paid as 1.83 euros/kilo at check-out. It costs the consumer an average of 5.83 euros per kilo in the supermarket (218% more). The maximum difference was recorded in Alcampo and Hipercor, where a kilo of this product reached 7.96 euros (335% more than its origin).
lose weight at the beginning of january carrots While the outlet price is 0.29 Euros, it costs on average 1.06 Euros (265% more) in supermarkets. Considering that a kilo of carrots costs 1.19 euros in Dia, the difference reaches 310%.
The price difference between the origin and sales points was 198 percent. pear conference. If the farmer is paid 0.75 euros per kilo, the cost of this in supermarkets is 2.24 euros. In the Rincón de Soto brand offered for sale in Eroski, the difference reaches 284%.
golden apple It is paid as 0.61 euro/kilo at check-out, and in supermarkets it is 2.01 euro on average (229% more expensive). If the price per kilo of this fruit in Hipercor is taken into account (2.29 euros/kilo), the difference reaches 275%.
In his name, sunflower oil The farmer is paid 0.96 euros per liter, while the average price at the points of sale is 2.00 euros per liter (108% more). The bottle of Koipesol in Dia and Eroski and the bottle of Coosol in Carrefour are 2.59 euros, which is 324% more expensive than its origin.
Farmers are paid per kilo strawberries 3.94 euros. This fruit is currently sold in supermarkets for 11.48 euros per kilo (191% more expensive). The highest price is found in Mercadona and Dia5.99 Euro with 500 gram tray. In these cases, the difference compared to the origin price reaches 204%.
currently in kilograms potatoes It costs on average 1.29 euros at points of sale; This is 214% more than the 0.61 euros per kilo paid at origin. The farm owner receives a fee for the production of a dozen products. eggs While the price of size M is approximately 1.53 euros, consumers buy this product in the supermarket for an average of 2.48 euros (62% more expensive). A dozen brands of free-range eggs Pazo de Vilane at Carrefour costs 3.69 eurosThe difference compared to the price paid at origin is 141%.