Trickery and price increases on the market for peaches and apricots in Bulgaria

Although the store price of peaches and apricots does not decrease even at the peak of the season, producers are getting less and less for the fruit in Bulgaria. Bulgarian peach and nectarine growers talk openly about the speculative deals that characterize this season. They were at the peak of the season at the end of August, when more and more products hit the market. But instead of consumer prices in stores falling, they even rise, while the acceptance prices paid to producers are in deep flight. FruitVeB wrote that according to the producers, retailers and wholesalers can work with profit margins close to 100%, since currently Bulgarian stores charge 2.5-3.3 leva/kg (525-695 HUF/kg) for fruit, while buyers take over the crop for prices around 0.75 leva/kg (157 HUF/kg). And if that wasn't enough, there is also a lot of import pressure on the Bulgarian market. Larger items mainly come from Greece, so much so that in some places the proportion of domestic ...