We will ensure the demand of the egg market on the Easter holiday. The price of eggs increased in February

One of the 5 feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, the Feast of the Miraculous Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is celebrated this year on April 5.

In Armenia, usually before Easter, there is inflation in the egg market, will there be inflation this year as well, what is the general situation in the egg market?

Sergey Stepanyan, chairman of the Union of Poultry Breeders of Armenia In other words, compared to the same period of the previous year, this year there is a very small shortage of local producers, but they fully meet the demand of the day.

“In the summer, in the months of July-June, there were serious losses, that is, there was overproduction, and the price of eggs dropped to 25 drams, that is, half of the cost price. Those producers that were not large, the small ones left the market, they could not buy daily feed. Naturally, they came out and the number of people was reduced. In the past period, we were able to restore the head count, our colleagues in a number of republics were wondering how we managed. We are confident that we will meet the demand of the market.

If you have paid attention, eggs are the only food that had a price increase only in February, and that was forced, because feed, electricity and gas went up in price at once. This affected the cost of eggs, which led to an increase in the price.” 168.amSergey Stepanyan said in a conversation with

According to him, the State Competition Commission and the Ministry are aware of all this. The increase in the price of eggs was generally 8-10 drams. Today, eggs are accepted in all large chains for AMD 70, and sometimes for AMD 68.

“There are organizations that buy eggs from factories as intermediaries and sell them to stores at a higher price, i.e. 85-90 drams, the price of eggs in fruit and vegetable stalls has reached 95 drams. In other words, we are governed by the price of networks, today’s situation is calm, all organizations have managed to reach their previous year’s security index. At the beginning of April, we will see that there is full supply, and the demand is not so high,” Sergey Stepanyan added.

According to our interlocutor, sometimes people enter large stores, buy 2-3 puffed eggs, then take them away and sell them at a higher price in a fruit and vegetable store. 1 puffed egg is enough for the biggest family, so there is no need to buy more than 2 puffed eggs.

“We take out 4300-4350 boxes of eggs for consumption every day. I also want to emphasize that today the price of all food products has been doubled, the price of eggs has increased by only 10 drams, so that the costs can be covered. They tried to bring eggs from outside, but it didn’t work. Nevertheless, we should avoid overproduction, producing, spoiling and wasting is a terrible thing,” emphasized Sergey Stepanyan.

It should be noted that in the evening before the Holy Resurrection, the Holy Liturgy of the Candlemas is served in the churches, with which the Easter celebrations begin. In the morning in the churches, a liturgy, a ceremony of Atonement is performed, and then a festive Liturgy is served. On the Feast of the Holy Resurrection, the believers greet each other with the message “Christ is risen from the dead” and the answer is “Blessed is the Resurrection of Christ”.

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