From today, Wednesday, April 5, it comes into force in supermarkets. “Easter Basket”which will include lamb, goat, bun and chocolate eggs.

The Easter basket will last until Holy Saturday, April 15th.

“On Wednesday, the Easter basket starts, it will include lamb, goat, bun and chocolate eggs. We had several discussions with both breeders and supermarkets about the price we could charge for lamb and goat. This year, lamb and goat meat have an unprecedented increase compared to last year. The goal is to keep the price of lamb at the level of 10 euros,” said Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

“Headache” for lamb

However, breeders and butchers have expressed their opposition to the inclusion of lambs in the “basket”. “If an attempt is made to sell ovelia at a price close to ten euros / kg, this will finish off small butchers who support people in the livestock industry as worthy partners,” said Dimitris Moschos, vice president of the Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK).

As the cost of production this year approaches ten euros per kilogram compared to 8.5-9 euros per kilogram last year, Mr Moschos points out that Greek breeders cannot “under any circumstances” produce lambs for Easter this year. year at a price below nine euros/kg.

“By selling at this price, compared to 7.5 euros/kg last year, we Greek breeders are losing again, as we not only don’t pocket, we don’t even recoup the production costs,” he said characteristically. .

In any case, he explained, “our decision to sell goat lambs at €9/kg is due to the perceived difficulty of Greek citizens in terms of accuracy on all fronts.”

In this context, Mr. Moschos estimated that the final consumer price for Greek mutton will fluctuate between 13-14 euros/kg, which is close to last year’s level when it was 12-13.5 euros/kg.

According to ERT, APE-MPE

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