Consumers' alliance: "Supply is the underlying problem in the country"

León Parilli, president of the National Alliance of Users and Consumers (Anauco), stressed that the government needed to cope with supply issues and called for a national consensus to find solutions.

León Parilli, the president of the National Alliance of Users and Consumers (Anauco), asserted that the "underlying problem" of lines in grocery stores in Venezuela has to do with supply. He also rejected the thesis formulated by the government that citizens "have a lot of money and that there are many products available."

He stressed that in addition to fitful supply, other irregularities in the system, such as smuggling and overpriced products are the result of demand exceeding supply, "that is the truth," he said.

Parilli rejected some government officials' statements that the opposition is accountable for long lines of people trying to buy in stores.

"If the opposition is making the lines, then there is plenty of opposition, because there are many people in lines. I think nothing can lead a person to buy food in order to harm the government; there is an actual need to buy food," he stated. 

Parilli stressed that the government needed to cope with supply issues and urged the Executive Office to gather with the private sector to find a solution to the problem.

Source: http://www.eluniversal.com/

Venezuela's food shortage by the end of February at 47.7%

State-owned food corporation and oil company Mercal and Pdvsa face shortage at 50%, research firm Datanálisis informed

EL UNIVERSAL

Monday March 17, 2014  10:47 AM

General food shortage in Venezuela has consistently exacerbated for 16 months. Shortage in regulated goods averaged 37.2% in 2013, up 21.3 percentage points with respect to 2012 figures.

In January-February 2014, shortage in regulated products hit 47.7%, rising 31.8 points as against 2012, and 10.5 points compared to 2013, according to Mystery Shopping, a research conducted by Datanálisis in seven distribution routes.

In 2011-2012, none of the categories went through more than 50% of shortage, whereas this year 33% of the goods face more than 70% of shortage.

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Prices up in gov't food network to prevent smuggling

Venezuelan Minister of Food Félix Osorio thinks that keeping prices without any variation is "vulgar"

ANGIE CONTRERAS C. |  EL UNIVERSAL

Thursday March 20, 2014  09:52 AM

Prices of the foodstuffs sold through Mercal, a network of food vendors under the aegis of the Venezuelan government, have risen "step by step" in the last year, with no formal announcement from the Executive Office.

As alleged by Food Minister Félix Osorio, rising prices has been a measure to curb outgoing smuggling of subsidized commodities.

The last "formal" hike of prices in the foodstuffs traded through Mercal network occurred in 2009.

In the minister opinion, keeping prices without any variation is "vulgar."

Osorio downplayed the claims of production problems in Venezuela and attributed imports to a larger demand.

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Polar CEO on food supply: Some sectors are facing difficulties

The chairman of food giant Polar, Lorenzo Mendoza, said some adjustments are necessary to boost the economy. He also called for concrete actions.

Entrepreneurs in Venezuela reaffirmed on Thursday the need for reviewing the different issues harming domestic production and supply in the country. This is part of the outcome of the meeting of the Peace Committee on economic affairs held on Thursday between representatives of the industrial sector and Nicolás Maduro's government.

The chairman of food giant Polar, Lorenzo Mendoza, said some economic adjustments are needed, and that concrete actions are expected.

He noted that entrepreneurs can play a role in solving the country's economic problems, yet he underlined that the current approach is not really useful to take concrete steps.

Referring to domestic supply, Mendoza stated Polar could ensure production if there is raw material available. "Some sectors are having some difficulties," and both the Executive Office and entrepreneurs must focus on the different issues that have been identified.

Source: El Universal
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