Overview
- Brandenburg farmers' president Henrik Wendorff calls 40% markdowns on staples such as butter 'loss leaders' rather than normal market moves.
- Protesting farmers targeted several discounters in mid‑December over price cuts for milk and butter they say shift pressure onto producers.
- Lidl says the reductions reflect cheaper world‑market milk, larger deliveries to dairies, and higher fat content that boosts butter output.
- Wendorff urges the Federal Cartel Office to review butter pricing, while the Bavarian Farmers’ Association says it wants the prices examined.
- Wendorff argues €0.99 retail pricing fails to cover costs for dairies or farms and criticizes Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer for offering 'few impulses'.