“We crashed our margins to continue to be referenced from distributors” who “came back to put pressure on us all year,” also overwhelming their own margins to decrease ” 7% prices on the leading products such as Ricoré or Mousline [...] To compensate for this effort, they have increased the prices of products sold under their own brands. “
So, the CEO of Nestlé France Richard Girardot, whose group is one of the leading suppliers of supermarkets in France, strongly denounced the methods of mass distribution in an interview with Figaro Monday, March 30
And adds:. Distributors “refuse to sign charters of good practices with industry, while we are signing with farmers”.
Richard Girardot recalls that the Competition Authority has still not ruled on the reconciliations between large retailers such Auchan / System U and Casino / Intermarché, which thus constitute ultra strike forces -puissantes with buyers.
“It’s been seven months since the first connections between central purchasing were announced and the Authority has not made its decision on the subject, letting the crucial period of the annual price negotiations, “insists the CEO of Nestlé France.
Enter the subject in November by the Minister of Economy and Emmanuel Macron the Commission of Economic Affairs of the Senate, she promised to give an opinion “in the first quarter of 2015,” , which ends Tuesday night.
“C is amazing! “, cries the boss of Nestlé France, adding that the Competition Authority is ” always quick to speak against industry. “
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