AUCHAN is ready to work with cheese-makers

During the II International conference "Agribusiness: end of 2016 and the prospects for Franco-Russian cooperation" cheesemaker Oleg Sirota asked the Head on cooperation with farmers of the company "AUCHAN Retail Russia" Yury Zubov: "The farm can supply 100 kg of cheese such as Gouda with a shelf life of 30 days per day. Selling price is 800 rubles. Will AUCHAN work with the farmer and what will be the margin? How much will the product on the shelf cost? And when will the farmer get the money from retail?"

Mr. Zubov noted that cheese is an interesting position for the company AUCHAN if only the farmer can provide the regularity. "We also need to consider whether logistics is going to be organized. By law this farmer should receive money within 15 days. Margin for such cheese is about 30%, but the word "farm" on products that fall on the shelves in AUCHAN will not be present until the audit of the farm", - said the head on cooperation with farmers of the company "AUCHAN Retail Russia".

Also during the event, Evgeny Grebnev, General Director of "Lactalis Vostok", said that "medium and large producers of cheeses are daily discredited. In France, if there is a farmer and he produces a ton, he sells it in his town, the locals like it. Why doesn't farmer (editor’s note - Oleg Sirota) sell cheese in his town? In Istra we sell 2 tons of cheese. The farmer is the farmer. Normal medium and large producers of milk, cheese and retailers are daily discredited ".

Oleg Sirota reported that at present, more than two hundred cheese-makers create their farms. This was earlier stated by Vladimir Borev in his interview to The DairyNews.

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