Brazil: In the third quarter, sales of beef and poultry rose while pork and fish plummet

Based on research carried out with data captured in more than 40 thousand points of sale (POS) of supermarkets and wholesalers throughout Brazil, Scanntech, leader in data intelligence for retail, points out that, in the third quarter of 2023, the volume Beef sales increased by +14% while poultry increased by +11%. The movement that has been observed since the first quarter in cattle sales and since the second quarter of the year in poultry sales, occurs as a result of the sharp drop in prices that reached -10% and -16% in the 3rd quarter of 2023, respectively when comparing periods with 2022. Another protein that deserves a positive highlight this year was eggs, which started the year with a drop of -12% in the first quarter and reached an increase of +17% in the 3rd quarter of the year. On the contrary, fish and pork suffered a year of contraction with a drop in sales volume of -11% and -13% in the 3rd quarter compared to the previous year. Fish, the protein with the highest ...