waiting for support
11 March 2022 0 comments
Restaurateurs order support
They will discuss the price increase from suppliers with the Moscow City Hall
A significant increase in the cost of food - up to 150% for certain categories since February 24 - has seriously worried restaurateurs. Market participants intend to discuss working in the new conditions at a meeting at the Moscow City Hall on March 9 and count on support measures. Among the initiatives is the rejection of non-tax payments.
Alexey Nemeryuk, head of the Moscow Department of Trade and Services, will hold a meeting with representatives of the restaurant business and food suppliers on March 9, a market source told Kommersant. The information was confirmed by one of the invited guests — Anastasia Tatulova, co-owner of the Anderson network. According to her, the issues of the "colossal" increase in food and alcohol prices in recent days will be discussed. The Kommersant department did not respond.
According to the interlocutor of Kommersant in the industry, with the fall of the ruble exchange rate on February 24, prices were raised by the largest suppliers for the restaurant market - Metro, Marr Russia, East-West, Importologistik. Managing Partner of Tigrus restaurant holding (Osteria Mario, "Shvili", Bar BQ Cafe) Alexander Murachev adds that counterparties also change the conditions for postponement, minimum order and other parameters. Marr Russia confirmed to Kommersant that they had to raise prices for imported goods. The cost of own products and local goods has not changed, except in cases when local producers increased prices, the company says. Metro, East-West and Importologistik did not provide a comment.
As Anastasia Tatulova clarifies, most suppliers of restaurateurs have increased prices for products by at least 20% since February 24, and sometimes up to 150%. According to her, this applies not only to imports, but also to Russian products. Ms. Tatulova believes that suppliers are trying to speculate on the situation, but there is no real need and justification for price increases. The logic of suppliers is not entirely clear — someone overestimates the goods purchased before the destabilization of the market, and someone complicates logistics chains, which leads to a rise in price, adds the founder of Meat & Fish Sergey Mironov.
Igor Bukharov, President of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia, notes that after the introduction of the food embargo by the Russian Federation in 2014, most of the products used by restaurateurs are locally produced.
Imports in the middle price segment account for about 40%. But, Mr. Bukharov reminds, imported equipment and components are often used for the production of certain products. In addition to raising prices, many suppliers began to reduce the allowable payment period from 30 to 15 days, Igor Bukharov clarifies.
Restaurant market participants believe that new support measures could compensate for the increased load. So, against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, restaurateurs were provided with preferential loans, subject to the retention of staff, in Moscow, part of the costs of the commission of delivery services, the costs of franchise payments, utility bills, etc. were compensated. According to Igor Bukharov, in the current crisis, it is necessary first of all to reduce non-tax payments, for example, to provide for the refusal of licenses and labeling. And RestCon Executive Director Andrey Petrakov believes that the most effective measure would be to reduce the tax burden for a year.
They will discuss the price increase from suppliers with the Moscow City Hall
A significant increase in the cost of food - up to 150% for certain categories since February 24 - has seriously worried restaurateurs. Market participants intend to discuss working in the new conditions at a meeting at the Moscow City Hall on March 9 and count on support measures. Among the initiatives is the rejection of non-tax payments.
Alexey Nemeryuk, head of the Moscow Department of Trade and Services, will hold a meeting with representatives of the restaurant business and food suppliers on March 9, a market source told Kommersant. The information was confirmed by one of the invited guests — Anastasia Tatulova, co-owner of the Anderson network. According to her, the issues of the "colossal" increase in food and alcohol prices in recent days will be discussed. The Kommersant department did not respond.
According to the interlocutor of Kommersant in the industry, with the fall of the ruble exchange rate on February 24, prices were raised by the largest suppliers for the restaurant market - Metro, Marr Russia, East-West, Importologistik. Managing Partner of Tigrus restaurant holding (Osteria Mario, "Shvili", Bar BQ Cafe) Alexander Murachev adds that counterparties also change the conditions for postponement, minimum order and other parameters. Marr Russia confirmed to Kommersant that they had to raise prices for imported goods. The cost of own products and local goods has not changed, except in cases when local producers increased prices, the company says. Metro, East-West and Importologistik did not provide a comment.
As Anastasia Tatulova clarifies, most suppliers of restaurateurs have increased prices for products by at least 20% since February 24, and sometimes up to 150%. According to her, this applies not only to imports, but also to Russian products. Ms. Tatulova believes that suppliers are trying to speculate on the situation, but there is no real need and justification for price increases. The logic of suppliers is not entirely clear — someone overestimates the goods purchased before the destabilization of the market, and someone complicates logistics chains, which leads to a rise in price, adds the founder of Meat & Fish Sergey Mironov.
Igor Bukharov, President of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia, notes that after the introduction of the food embargo by the Russian Federation in 2014, most of the products used by restaurateurs are locally produced.
Imports in the middle price segment account for about 40%. But, Mr. Bukharov reminds, imported equipment and components are often used for the production of certain products. In addition to raising prices, many suppliers began to reduce the allowable payment period from 30 to 15 days, Igor Bukharov clarifies.
Restaurant market participants believe that new support measures could compensate for the increased load. So, against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, restaurateurs were provided with preferential loans, subject to the retention of staff, in Moscow, part of the costs of the commission of delivery services, the costs of franchise payments, utility bills, etc. were compensated. According to Igor Bukharov, in the current crisis, it is necessary first of all to reduce non-tax payments, for example, to provide for the refusal of licenses and labeling. And RestCon Executive Director Andrey Petrakov believes that the most effective measure would be to reduce the tax burden for a year.