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09-03-2022, 08:35 PM
Translated from: here
The supermarket management limits the sale of sunflowers due to “anomalous demand”.
The war in Ukraine brings the first consequences at the food level, which mainly affects the hospitality sector.
The war in Ukraine is leaving the first consequence in Spain: there is a lack of sunflower oil. This has been confirmed by different supermarkets nationwide, which fear a so-called 'toilet paper effect', as has already happened in the pandemic.
The terrible humanitarian crisis experienced in Eastern Europe at the moment “is causing imbalances in the supply of products that come from the conflict zone, such as vegetable oils. Items such as sunflower oil, high oleic oil or preparations for frying are experiencing a lack of supply throughout the Spanish market", confirm sources from the wholesale supermarket Makro.
It is an essential product in the hotel industry and at the moment there is 'stock' of it, but "due to the uncertainty caused we have been forced to limit the sale of these items to one unit per customer per day", they say in the aforementioned supermarket.
In addition, other supermarkets have warned that they do not have sunflower oil supply problems, but that they will limit the sales units per customer so that their shelves do not remain empty and this so-called 'toilet paper effect' spreads.
Being a situation caused by force majeure, the centers have not been able to specify when it will end and announce that the sector most affected by this lack of product will be the hotelier due to its high consumption.
Spain imports an average of 2.7 million tons of corn annually from Ukraine, 22% of Spanish imports and is the second supplier after Brazil. It also imports 233,000 tons of sunflower cake, which represents 68% of Spain's imports of this product, as well as approximately 500,000 tons of sunflower oil.
The total cessation of these imports, together with the increase in the price of these raw materials, can cause situations of great tension in supplies in the short term, as supply flows are completely interrupted, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Employer measures
For its part, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Services and Supermarkets (Asedas) warned this Friday that some food distribution companies are adopting measures to limit the sale of sunflower oil due to "atypical consumer behavior that has occurred in the last hours". In these supermarkets, customers are advised not to stockpile sunflower oil or, where appropriate, to limit it.
In a statement, the association clarified that the "anomalous demand" affects a "very limited" number of products related to sunflower oil from Ukraine and "there are alternatives of both origin and product."
"Spain is the world's leading producer in several of the families of products that make up the categories of vegetable fats," explained Asedas, who also added that the Spanish food chain is "extraordinarily efficient and has sufficient capacity to supply the market with these products." Finally, he recalled that the European institutions, the Government and the sectors most directly affected "are adopting measures to alleviate this specific situation."
The supermarket management limits the sale of sunflowers due to “anomalous demand”.
The war in Ukraine brings the first consequences at the food level, which mainly affects the hospitality sector.
The war in Ukraine is leaving the first consequence in Spain: there is a lack of sunflower oil. This has been confirmed by different supermarkets nationwide, which fear a so-called 'toilet paper effect', as has already happened in the pandemic.
The terrible humanitarian crisis experienced in Eastern Europe at the moment “is causing imbalances in the supply of products that come from the conflict zone, such as vegetable oils. Items such as sunflower oil, high oleic oil or preparations for frying are experiencing a lack of supply throughout the Spanish market", confirm sources from the wholesale supermarket Makro.
It is an essential product in the hotel industry and at the moment there is 'stock' of it, but "due to the uncertainty caused we have been forced to limit the sale of these items to one unit per customer per day", they say in the aforementioned supermarket.
In addition, other supermarkets have warned that they do not have sunflower oil supply problems, but that they will limit the sales units per customer so that their shelves do not remain empty and this so-called 'toilet paper effect' spreads.
Being a situation caused by force majeure, the centers have not been able to specify when it will end and announce that the sector most affected by this lack of product will be the hotelier due to its high consumption.
Spain imports an average of 2.7 million tons of corn annually from Ukraine, 22% of Spanish imports and is the second supplier after Brazil. It also imports 233,000 tons of sunflower cake, which represents 68% of Spain's imports of this product, as well as approximately 500,000 tons of sunflower oil.
The total cessation of these imports, together with the increase in the price of these raw materials, can cause situations of great tension in supplies in the short term, as supply flows are completely interrupted, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Employer measures
For its part, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Services and Supermarkets (Asedas) warned this Friday that some food distribution companies are adopting measures to limit the sale of sunflower oil due to "atypical consumer behavior that has occurred in the last hours". In these supermarkets, customers are advised not to stockpile sunflower oil or, where appropriate, to limit it.
In a statement, the association clarified that the "anomalous demand" affects a "very limited" number of products related to sunflower oil from Ukraine and "there are alternatives of both origin and product."
"Spain is the world's leading producer in several of the families of products that make up the categories of vegetable fats," explained Asedas, who also added that the Spanish food chain is "extraordinarily efficient and has sufficient capacity to supply the market with these products." Finally, he recalled that the European institutions, the Government and the sectors most directly affected "are adopting measures to alleviate this specific situation."