Russia: The Potato Union launched an initiative to sell vegetables of non-standard size for chains

Published Jan 9, 2023

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The Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants is negotiating with retail chains to sell non-standard-sized beets, potatoes, and carrots, which make up 20% to 50% of the total crop. These non-standard vegetables are often rejected by retail chains due to their size and shape, but they could be sold at a lower price or processed and sold at a higher price. Producers with their own processing capacities can sell these substandard vegetables at a higher price after cleaning and packaging. The negotiations aim to establish an individual supply agreement between specific suppliers and retailers to address the retail chains' consumer-oriented requirements.

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The Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants is discussing with retail chains the supply of beets and potatoes of non-standard sizes, as well as carrots with a high percentage of brittleness. Non-standard ones include tubers less than 45 mm in size and large beets, more than 8-10 cm. As a rule, retail chains are reluctant to sell vegetables of this size, like broken carrots. Meanwhile, non-standard-sized vegetables account for a share of 20% to 50% of the total crop. Non-standard products may be in demand among buyers. Carrots with an increased percentage of brittleness can be sold in juice packaging. In addition, non-standard-sized vegetables can also be used as animal feed. As a rule, vegetables of a non-standard size are twice cheaper for retail chains. Vedomosti, citing Ekaterina Arsenyeva, development director at Kompleksnye Postavki, reported that potatoes of the first grade, washed and in a net, are sold at a price of 33-35 rubles per 1 kg, while the second grade ...

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