Negotiations on the prices of food products have resumed between supermarket brands and large industrialists, said Wednesday the president of the main agri-food organization (Ania) who committed to it before Bruno Le Maire.
Renegotiations resumed
At the end of a meeting in Bercy on May 17 with Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, representatives of Ania and another organization, Ilec, pledged to reopen negotiations with supermarkets to lower prices on the shelves.
This commitment affects the 75 largest French food manufacturers, on the double condition that they have obtained price increases of more than 10% during the last annual negotiations (ended on March 1) and that the cost of one of their inputs ( agricultural raw materials, energy, etc.) has fallen by more than 20% since then.
“About 50” members of Ania are part of these 75 companies and “the vast majority have already resumed contact” with the brands, its president, Jean-Philippe André, assured France Info, who reiterated that the negotiations had “absolutely” started.
“The commitment has not been fulfilled for the moment”
That same morning, Bruno Le Maire had expressed a different opinion about France Inter: “The big manufacturers have made a commitment in my office to return to the commercial negotiating table with the distributors. The commitment has not been fulfilled for the moment,” he said. .
“We don’t want that and we won’t need it,” reacted Jean-Philippe André, stressing that it was in the manufacturers’ interest to lower their prices when they could.
However, this requires an “alignment of all the planets,” he said. He explained that if prices for oil, wheat or industrial butter had fallen, companies should first sell their high-priced stocks before considering a tariff reduction.
According to INSEE on Wednesday, food inflation slowed to 14.1% in one year, a level that is still very high.
Source: BFM TV
