Watermelon from almost luxury product prices to claim reduction in Spain

Fruits

Vegetables

Spain

Published Jul 14, 2022

Tridge summary

Union of Unions of Farmers and Ranchers has prepared an analysis that demonstrates the "scandalous" differences in the prices of some fruit and vegetable products from their departure from the field at origin to their arrival on the shelves at distribution destination, all of this in a context of high inflation motivated in part by high food and energy prices.

Original content

The agrarian organization has chosen some fruit and vegetable products and has compared their price at origin in the field with official data, later in the wholesale markets (mercas) and intermediaries and finally in distribution. The data reveals that, in this exorbitant increase in food, the producers are the ones who bear the brunt. In this sense, it can be seen that farmers do not benefit much less to the same extent as the other links in the agri-food chain with quite obvious inequalities between them. The increase occurs between intermediaries and distribution. If one of the seasonal products that has been most talked about in recent weeks is taken into consideration, such as watermelon, the producer receives an average of €0.36/kg, in the intermediary phase it reaches €0.93 /kg and in distribution it goes up to €2.20/kg. The difference between field and distribution of watermelon is 511%. It can be seen at the moment how some important distribution chains are launching ...

Source: Agroclm