Retailers Take 154 Per Cent over Farmgate Price
SPAIN - Retailers sell chicken products for twice the price they buy the product in for, according to a new report by the COAG (Coordinator of Farmers Organisations) and consumer organisations UCE (Consumers Union of Spain) and CEACCU (Spanish Confederation of Housewives, Consumers and Users.
10 September 2012
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By: For chicken, farmgate price was €1.11 per kg, whilst the retail price was €2.82.
This is a difference of €2.54 or a 154 per cent mark up.
For eggs, the farmgate price for class M per dozen was €1.14, whilst the retail price was €1.45. The price difference was 1.27 € (27 per cent).
