Trade Negotiations: Distributors Denounce Industrial Margins and Boycott a Meeting in Bercy
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The trade negotiations between distributors and agri-food manufacturers are expected to be very tense. We will certainly see a rise in food prices next spring. Nicolas Doze tells us more. (Economy).
The first of its kind, the meeting to prepare the annual negotiations between industrialists and distributors was held on Monday 2 November in Bercy, with some 40 participants. Absente noted: the Federation of Trade and Distribution, which takes on its boycott. The government demands a "act of responsibility" and wants the expected inflation in the radius "to serve someone".
This preparatory committee could indeed be boycotted by the Fédération du commerce et de la distribution (FCD), which represents the main brands such as E. Leclerc, Carrefour and Intermarché. It had announced that it would not participate "as long as two fundamental requirements have not been recognised and shared by all": "transparency" on the costs of agricultural raw materials and differential treatment for SMEs. This meeting organized at the…
Agri-food industry and distributors will meet this Monday in Bercy at the initiative of the government, a few weeks from the opening of the annual trade negotiations.
One month before the start of the trade negotiations, a preparatory meeting will be held in Bercy on Monday for food and beverage manufacturers and distributors, but the latter boycott it and denounce it.
Agri-food industry believes that the absence of supermarket brands "predominantly prevents them from having to account for their own practices".
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