A resident of Kuzbass was invited to a personal reception with the Minister of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the region Andrei Aritkulov after the man's next appeal about the rise in prices for potatoes.
The author of the appeal calculated that in 2020 he needed an average of 3 rubles to stock up on potatoes for the winter, and now he needs about 000 rubles.
According to the author of the appeal, in September 2020, Red Scarlett potatoes were sold at the wholesale store of the SEC Beregovoy (one of the largest farms in the region) for 15 rubles. per kg, in 2021 the same variety costs 33 rubles / kg. Products have risen in price by 2,2 times!
The ministry confirmed that prices for potatoes this year really differ from last year. But the cost rises not because of the speculative games of manufacturers (as suggested by the author of the appeal), but because of the increase in production costs. The same situation is observed in other potato-producing enterprises throughout Russia.
To obtain more detailed explanations, the author of the appeal was invited to a personal reception with the Minister of Agriculture and Processing Industry A.V. Aritkulov.