Sentences with phrase «retail milk prices»

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

The European Commission (EC) is working on measures to combat low retail milk prices across Europe, IDF World Dairy Summit attendees heard.

Both Arla and rival processor Dairy Crest lambasted supermarkets last month for cutting retail milk prices by around 14 per cent in March, eroding gains made through price rises in January.

The group said that an earlier agreement involving processors to raise retail milk prices by two pence per litre had failed to benefit farmers.

There were also demonstrations at a Morrisons distribution centre near Bridgwater and at another in Ashford, Kent in protest to low retailer milk pricing.

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«We're matching prices on milk, but the point of difference at Sainsbury's will always be the values in our supply chain - giving our customers both value for money and the values they expect,» said a statement issued by the retailer.

This follows a significant downturn in milk production and increases in yellow cheese prices across Europe, while prices across European retail markets are also firming, Ovens said.

The business said it will maintain a competitive standard milk price with a separate retailer supplementary payment aimed at its non-aligned producers.

Glanbia is increasing the price of milk to retailers and has told its agents that a 10pc increase over the past seven months in raw material prices has led it to increase the price of milk it sells.

In a recent market announcement, the company quoted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its interim report into the dairy industry last November, saying: «Wholesale and retail non-organic milk prices have been declining in real terms since the industry was deregulated in 2000.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce suggested he will pressure retailers and processors to increase raw milk prices for farmers, labelling their current lows as «an anathema».

Mr Joyce raised expectations of action on Sunday, saying the price of milk was an «anathema» and he would get on the phone to processors and retailers to urge them to «fix» the situation.

'' [It's] an anathema, I think it's incredibly wrong that water in a bottle is priced more than milk and I think we need to have a strong yarn to the retailers about that.

Pressure is also building on domestic retail margins with cut price private label milk the most vulnerable.

Lithuanian farmers held a rally near the Agriculture Ministry in Vilnius against a huge gap between the retail and farmers» milk prices.

December 2007 also saw a number of UK - based retailers and dairy processors admitting involvement in alleged dairy price fixing for powdered milk, butter and cheese, resulting in combined fines of about # 116m ($ 161m) from the country's own regulator.

Meanwhile, Coles has defended its milk pricing in its submission to the inquiry (submission number 131), claiming it has not sold retail milk «below the commercial cost of acquiring it» (see ABC, «Coles defends its milk pricing, in submission to inquiry» (16 March 2011)-RRB-.

UK retailer Tesco has announced it has created the Tesco Cheese Group (TCG), which will guarantee dairy farmers an above market price for the milk they produce for Tesco's British own - label Mild, Medium, Mature, Extra Mature, Red Leicester and Double...

In a provisional decision, the competition regulator alleged supermarkets Asda, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, and Tesco, as well as dairy processors Arla, Dairy Crest, Lactalis McLellan, the Cheese Company and Wiseman, collaborated to fix the retail price of milk, butter and cheese.

UK - retailer Morrisons has refused to confirm that it is seeking a judicial review of an ongoing investigation by the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into allegations of milk price fixing.

In a statement this week the authority said that as a result of the settlement the two companies» dairies «both gave undertakings in the High Court last Friday - 25 July - that they would comply with the terms of the Competition Act 2002 and not enter into any agreement, or engage in any concerted practice, to fix the retail price of liquid milk».

The company, Britain's largest retailer, announced earlier this week that it was cutting the price of a four pint (2.27 litres) bottle of milk from # 1.39 ($ 2.32, $ 1.69) to # 1 ($ 1.67, $ 1.22) as part of drive to reduce the amount paid by consumers for staples.

«We don't think that an increase in the retail price of private label milk would necessarily benefit farmers, and that any additional profit would mainly be captured by the major supermarkets and processors,» Mr Keogh said.

Tesco's decision to cut the price of its four pint bottles of milk to just # 1 could result in a retail «price war» in the UK, protest group Farmers for Action (FFA) has warned.

The a2 product commands premium prices on retail shelves and its share of the total fresh milk market by value has crept up to around 9 per cent from 5 per cent in 2012.

Public debates over farmgate milk prices will take place across Britain over the next couple of weeks, as producers and campaign groups look to maintain pressure on retailers and processors.

Dairy farmers in UK received a boost this week with the decision of several retail groups to increase milk prices.

A number of UK - based retailers and dairy processors have admitted involvement in alleged dairy price fixing for powdered milk, butter and cheese, resulting in combined fines of about # 116m ($ 161m).

The ongoing heated debate in the UK that addresses the issue of growing multiple retailer power in terms of milk pricing reached an agreement for many farmers last night.

Irish dairy group Glanbia has reached a settlement with the Irish competition authority over allegations concerning the fixing of the retail price of milk.

Swiss co-operative retailer Migros has cut the price of its leading milk brand Past to reflect recent cuts in the cost of milk introduced by its suppliers and remain competitive.

But domestic - focused processors are under intense pressure as margins are sandwiched by the spiralling cost of milk and depressed prices on retail shelves due to a supermarket war between Coles and Woolworths.

Despite this, most dairy industry leaders, including the dairy wing of the National Farmers» Union (NFU), have rejected calls for a milk price regulator, preferring to find a solution on the open market and via negotiations with retailers.

The suggested retail price of the 32 - ounce quart of organic chocolate milk is $ 3.99.

Consumer - led boycotts have hit Coles and Woolworths private - label milk, as the retail giants continue to sell the milk at $ 1 per litre, the same price since 2011.

After all, if every group didn't have a Bargain Mom, we'd all still be paying full retail price for brand new Bumbo seats (as opposed hitting the gear swap she told us about) and breast milk storage bags (instead of buying in bulk with the discount code she magically knew).

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Dawson answered her own question at what my Google Reader says was 4:49 p.m.: Two other industries know agency pricing — Apple products are withheld from retailers who discount them, she writes, and the price of milk in New York and New Jersey is controlled by a dairy board.

How do economists track the prices of things like milk, produce, furniture and other retail products?

It is believed these supermarkets and dairy processors deliberately engaged in fixing the retail prices for milk, butter and cheese by sharing commercially sensitive information in 2002 — 03.