Ready-to-eat food manufacturers in Turkey are unable to meet their increasing costs

Due to the pandemic, the excessive increase in food prices all over the world, the emergence of additional costs in packaging and the increase in oil prices, as well as the fluctuations in exchange rates in Turkey are putting a lot of pressure on ready-to-eat food industrialists. Bursa Food Industrialists' Association (BUYSAD) members pointed out the problems they experienced and said that they had to update their prices again and reduce their fixed price agreements to three or four months, and shorten their collection period. BUYSAD Vice President Erkan Erk said that the Covig19 pandemic, which emerged in the last quarter of 2019, caused great difficulties in the ready-to-eat food industry, as it did in many other sectors. Emphasizing that businesses operating in the ready-to-eat food industry meticulously comply with the hygiene and sanitation rules due to their nature, Erkan Erk said, "The pandemic has caused radical changes in our lives. As ready-made food industrialists, we ...