![]() ![]() But we will never compromise on our value commitment to our customers. We always strive for and achieve positive, sustained supplier relationships. This is reflected in our commitment to engagement and discussion which is ongoing. “We appreciate farmers and suppliers will always seek to get the best possible deal. Such a short-sighted approach serves no one. Over recent days, hard-pressed local customers who are dealing with the cost-of-living crisis have been disregarded by protestors. The added: “Against a backdrop of record inflation and rising household costs, value matters more than ever. Unfortunately, the blockades are preventing this.” Our supply trucks are loaded with Irish produce from our Irish suppliers ready to stock the shelves of our Cavan store. The blockade, which has prevented store deliveries, has caused real frustration among our customers. Given this progress, the continued disruption of our Cavan store by a small number of farmers is reckless. “It is up to our egg suppliers, and those farmers with whom they have a commercial arrangement, to engage as to how this outcome is apportioned. “On Saturday (1 October) discussions advanced further when a price increase, which substantially exceeds what protesting farmers are seeking, was agreed with our egg suppliers. At a time when everyone is managing a cost-of-living crisis, that ambition is more important than ever,” the spokesperson said. These talks have been productive, driven by our ambition to support our long-term supply partners. "We have been in active discussions with our egg suppliers for a period of weeks now, with a view to agreeing what would be a fourth price increase this year. Action must be taken immediately, or supplies cannot be guaranteed,” he added.Ī spokesperson for Aldi, said the German retailer is in continuous negotiations with egg suppliers and described the Cavan protests as “reckless”. "Farmer frustration is at boiling point following several unsatisfactory engagements with retailers. The association’s poultry chairman Nigel Sweetman described it as a “scandal” that an initial requirement of 15 cent per chicken has not been delivered to all chicken farmers and now “our egg producers are facing closure”. Primary producers receive only 15pc of the retail price of ham, so I am calling on all retailers to pass back a larger percentage to producers immediately to ensure pig farm survival,” said IFA pigs chairman Roy Gallie.Ĭhicken producers have also been campaigning for a further 15c per chicken to be passed back to producers. “The average size family farm, even having received Government aid, has an accumulated debt of €380,000. Pig and chicken producers are supporting the egg sector, and also highlighting their struggles. The IFA has warned retailers that producers are facing further “significant” cost increases in both feed and non-feed costs and, if not addressed immediately, consumers “won’t find Irish eggs on the shop shelf in the near future”. This simply does not add up to securing a supply of Irish produce into the future.” This year alone, agri inputs are up 40.2pc consumer goods are up 9.1pc and food price inflation is up 6.8pc according to the CSO. #RECKLESS RACING 3 PC FREE#In 2012, a half dozen free range eggs sold for €2.19. “Producers are strongly considering not restocking their farms at this stage. The supply of eggs is in jeopardy if a further 2 cent per egg is not ring fenced directly for egg producers,” he said. “It’s almost 12 months since we began our national campaign to secure a viable income for producers. IFA Poultry Vice Chair Brendan Soden said egg producers face closure because of the “failure of discounters to give a fair return to farmers”. The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) said the producers aim to “highlight their anger and mounting concern for the future” of the pig and poultry sectors. ![]() ![]() The egg producers have been supported at the demonstrations by pig farmers, who are also calling for a greater share of the sale price for their produce. Chicken farmers calling for price increases on eggs have picketed Lidl and Aldi outlets in Cavan town in recent days. ![]()
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