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Sharp
Increase In The Price of Chicken
Shoppers yesterday got a
shocking surprise and there was
no foul play involved: the price
of a kilo of chicken breast went
from ¢750 colones to ¢1.440
colones, a ¢690 colones
increase.
Only the chicken breast product
saw the sharp increase, while
the thigh, wings and other
products saw increases of
between ¢10 and ¢40 colones per
kilo.
The main reason for the sharp
increase for the breast is due
that the main chicken provider
has had the meat on sale and was
not affected by the prices
increases during the promotion.
La Corporación Pipasa S.A., said
that the increase is due to the
rising cost of gasoline fuel.
Pipasa also said that their
clients (wholesale buyers) had
been given notice of the
increase but it wasn't until
yesterday that the increase was
felt at the retail level.
Francisco Arias, manager of
communications at Pipasa,
explained the constant increases
in the production and
distribution process, mainly the
higher cost of electricity,
packing material and gasoline,
forced the main producer of
poultry products in the country
to raise its prices.
Arias added that there hasn't
been an increase in the price of
poultry products since November
of 2005.
Pipasa is part of the Rica
Foods, whose principal
activities are to produce and
sell fresh and frozen poultry,
processed chicken products,
commercial eggs and concentrate
for livestock and domestic
animals production and
distribution of animal feeds.
Rica foods also owns Corporacion
As de Oros SA that operates 28
fried chicken quick service
restaurants in Costa Rica called
Restaurantes As and Don Amado.
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