Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 31.10. 2007

ÚOHS: Information on rise in price can break antimonopoly law

Recently some mass media give still more often information on a necessity to increase price of some foods. It is dealt with above all bakery, meat and milk commodities, whereas the rise in price is advised by both the individual producers - usually the most prominent - and the representatives of association of basic industry producers and processors. The former group is represented by the biggest bakeries and producers of milk and meat products in the Czech Republic, the latter by representatives of the Agrarian and Food Chamber, baking and flour-milling unions. As reasons of rise in price especially rise of prices of inputs, a high all-European or worldwide demand for a commodity, a lack of reserves and so on are reported. A character of published information is from a viewpoint of economic competition at least suspicious.

Economic and business manager of Lesy CR terminated in functions

Vladimír Dolejský, entrusted with discharge of an office of the general manager of Lesy CR, s.p. (LCR) recalled Miluše Kadeřávková to the 31st of October from a position of economic manager and Bohumil Kos from a position of business manager of the state enterprise. A spokeswoman of LČR Šárka Kubelková informed on it. According to her both members of management fulfilled priorities of their sections and thereby they contributed to achievement of demarcated targets of LCR in this year.

Trade chains will probably damp advised rise in bread and pastry prices

Trade chains will probably partially damp a significant rise in bread and pastry prices which is advised for September by large baking companies. It results from answers of retail companies which ČTK addresses today. For example the biggest Czech baking firm United Bakeries will raise prices of goods in average by twenty percent from the 1st of September owing to growing prices of cereals and other inputs; however, the price jump would not have to be so fierce on shop counters.

Food producers prepare cooperative which will join a part of dairy-works in sale

The Food Chamber prepares an establishment of a sale cooperative which should join a part of domestic dairy-works in sale of products. It could have share in the market roughly to 40 percents. The president of the chamber Miroslav Toman said it to CTK and added that meanwhile all at a preparation period. By means of the cooperative dairy-men would achieve a stronger position on the market within negotiation with trade chains which, according to them, drive down prices to much. “We have to discuss it so that we would not hit especially the right to protection of economic competition”, Toman said. In his opinion food producers have already passed a first negotiation at the Office for Protection of Competition and other will follow. It is also necessary to sell a producers for this project, Toman pointed out.