Recent Study: Oils and Fats in Italy
Oils and fats was characterised by conflicting trends at the beginning of 2013. On the one hand, large retailers were forced to accept increases in price lists presented by olive oil manufacturers. This was a step that had carefully been avoided during previous years, in light of the economic difficulties that were lowering retailers' margins, even though raw materials prices had increased since 2012. Whilst during previous years manufacturers were able to absorb the cost increases, this was no longer...
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