66 O … The system that had been set up was very The result of the negotiations with the well-organised. In practice, the cold meat An example of slaughterhouses is reflected in the change manufacturers would contact each other a seized email in the weekly price index for a "ham, flank individually by telephone before the start exchange (translated) removed" published by the Rungis market, of negotiations with the slaughterhouses, Groupe Fleury Michon: which serves as a benchmark for purchases usually on Thursday afternoons or Friday "Hi, Aosta [Campofrio] is acting of "ham, flank removed" by the other cold mornings, in order to adopt a common nego- like an idiot, according to meat manufacturers and for the negotiation tiating position. rungis, he would sign at +10! of contracts for branded products between Ono [Les Mousquetaires] cured meat manufacturers and supermar- tells me that he suspects it Once they had reached an agreement on too, but that he’s not ok with kets and hypermarkets. the negotiating framework, bilateral nego- +10 obviously! I explained tiations with the pig slaughterhouses ourposition in (very) strong would start During these negotiations, the terms to him...!! +10 is The concerted practices relating to cold meat manufacturers would defend outrageous!!!! I’m waiting price increases charged to the mass their common position, with each manu- forJCN [Les Mousquetaires] retail distribution sector for private who needsto be on a call with labels and economy products facturer attempting to impose the agreed PP [Campofrio], and depending level of change. Throughout the negotia- on how that goes, I’ll put The cold meat manufacturers concerted over tions, the cold meat manufacturers would pressure on him in the the prices of cold meat products, whether inform each other in real-time by telephone background. I think that if +10 cured/dry-cured products (sausages and about the status of the negotiations and is onthe horizon, we shouldn’t dry sausages, salami, raw ham, chorizo, the contracts they had concluded with the sign today and we should pavés, rosette, etc.) and cooked products slaughterhouses. Once agreements had propose lower volumesfrom (cooked hams, pâtés, rillettes, black pud- been concluded with two major slaughte- [X] and compensateat[Y]. ding, ”andouille”), that they intended to I’ll keep you updated, rhouses, the whole of the market would butexpect some rumbles". propose to mass-market retailers for their consider that the price change agreed by Decision 20-D-09, own-brand labels or economy brands, par- the contracting parties would constitute classification mark 16134 ticularly within the framework of the tenders the reference change for the week ahead. organised by these retailers. D S • C O N S U M E R G O O D S • C O N S TROPER LAUNNA 0202 – erutuf evitisop erom a gniretsoF U M E R G O