Suppliers notified retailers about a 10 percent increase in prices

Suppliers of food began to notify retail networks of raising prices in a number of categories. According to Izvestia, the networks report that with reference to the dollar exchange rate, new price tags are exposed to suppliers of bakery products, vegetables, fruits, alcohol, and household chemicals.

“Several suppliers of Dixy really notified the network of the intention to increase the price of delivery to 10 percent. Each such notice is the subject of analysis and negotiations regardless of the economic situation. The most dependent on foreign exchange oscillations are categories of imported alcohol, household chemicals, vegetables and fruits,” said the director of external relations of DISI, Yekaterina Kumanina.

She noted that while the dynamics of retail prices in stores remains within the framework of seasonal changes. It smoothes the situation that in the categories of vegetables and fruits in the summer season on store shelves, mainly products of Russian enterprises are represented.

The Auchan retail network talk about receiving notifications so far only from household chemical suppliers and bakery products. “We are talking about such commodity categories as“ household chemicals ”and“ bread and bakery products ”. If suppliers declare prices, Auchan Russia will take all the necessary measures to level the negative effect,” said Maria Kurnosova, director of external communications, Auchan Russia.

In addition, retailers are required again, as last winter, to reduce the terms of consideration and acceptance of new prices from 45 days to 14.