Delivery stop at Spar

Price dispute: What happens to NÖM milk now

(Bild: krone.tv)

The farmers of the Milchgenossenschaft Niederösterreich (MGN) want to maintain the delivery stop to Spar until an agreement is reached in the price negotiations. The cooperative is demanding a double-digit percentage increase from the food retailer.

Managing Director of Milchgenossenschaft Niederösterreich Leopold Gruber-Doberer explains in an interview with krone.tv what happens to the milk that does not end up at Spar. NÖM does not have to throw the milk away, of course, but now sells more finished products to other retail chains or abroad. "Due to the fact that NÖM is very successful in 23 European countries, we have alternative utilization options. NÖM has 100 products on the shelves in Italy, 2000 kilometers away from Baden. There is money to be made there and money should be taken to Lower Austria. It doesn't work that way."

Spar's claim that the prices for animal feed and energy have fallen and therefore no price increase is acceptable is incomprehensible to Gruber-Doberer. "In agriculture, production has increased and become more expensive." Gruber-Doberer refers to higher requirements and increased prices for technology and fruit preparation. "These additional costs simply have to be passed on."

You can see more about current developments in the video above!