Prices in trade networks

Then I compared them with those offered by retailers to consumers. The results of the "investigation" is presented below.

This allows to compare prices in an indirect way to calculate margins that retailers apply to unprocessed agricultural products. Actual margins are trade secrets of companies. The prices were collected in September, but not in one day, because the relationship between the prices of some stores may have at this time a little change.

However, the given statement can establish itself as an opinion. Prices that farmers could receive in comparison with retail prices in retail chains are quite low, sometimes the differences are several times in some stores such as potato prices are almost 5-fold higher than you can buy them at the farmers with the cheapest offer in the wholesale markets. The minimum margin which is according to the above statement can reach retailers is 16 percent in the case of the lowest levels of the price range of products (potatoes). In the case of the upper levels of these forks can be up to 200 percent margin (tomatoes), and the margin between 50 and 100 percent is the norm (apples, onions).

You have to also remember that the submitted products in stores are sold by weight so these margin levels can not be explained packaging costs of the products supplied by farmers.