Today, some cheeses are now more expensive, just like half-skimmed milk. How to explain this price increase? Elements of explanation this evening, as well as forecasts for the coming months.
In this Marche-en-Famenne store, as elsewhere, the price of many cheeses has continued to increase in recent years. “”I have customers who, before, came regularly and who now come once a week rather than two. Other customers only come when they receive “notes Yolande Godelaine, the manager of the cheese dairy.
+31 % in three years for young cheeses, observes testchats in store and +13 % for half-skimmed milk. To explain these price increases and these disparities, we must be interested in different manufacturing processes.
To understand, a cheese maker takes us to his workshop. Its production costs increase over time. “”We have the transformation. We have staff costs, which have already increased. And also energy costs “specifies Vincent Verleyen, craftsman cheese.
The longer the maturation period, the higher the costs, and therefore passed on to the final price. Another element of explanation: the price of milk. It fluctuates, but the trend is generally upwards. In Belgium, it revolves around 54 euro cents per liter, an increase of more than 20 % compared to last year.
“We are frankly helpless, because we are not at all influential in the face of these increases. And therefore, inevitably, we are forced to follow the evolution “SA Hagincent Verleyen.
In addition, milk is more expensive due to a limited global offer. In question, among other things, the disease of the blue language, which notably affects cattle. And in the coming months, this price could still climb.
Consequence: this cheese craftsman plans a new upcoming new increase in the price of its products, a few dozen Euro cents in addition per kilo.
Milk cheese price of food.
