Currently no bottlenecks in food supply

At the moment there is no food shortage. The food supply for people in Baden-Württemberg is guaranteed.

"The current situation unsettles many consumers in terms of food supply. The image of some of the empty shelves increases this uncertainty and drives hamster purchases. However, these are by no means necessary. The food supply for people in Baden-Württemberg is ensured. Gaps in the supermarkets are currently on the tense location in the logistics and transport industry However, there is no reason for hamster purchases. href = "https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de//de/regierung/landes government/mitjieder-landes-landes government/peter-hauk/" Class = "internal-link"> Peter Huk .

In the past few days, hamster purchases have increased, especially flour and food oil. The supply of goods is currently secured and there is no reason to panic or hamster purchases. Delivery delays can only occur with individual products. However, there are always enough alternative products available. There is no reason to buy and after -use staple foods. Rather, hamster purchases - also against the background of the limited freight room - put the food supply chains under pressure at short notice if products (as currently the current food oil) are suddenly bought beyond household quantities. Through the targeted emptying of shelves in grocery stores, the wrong impression of a supposed shortage of individual foods and consumer goods of daily needs is given. "I ask the consumers to show themselves in solidarity and only buy in normal quantities and in customary household quantities," said Minister Hauk.

The war in Ukraine affects food prices

However, the effects of war in Ukraine can affect food prices in the short and medium term. This generally applies to both vegetable and animal products. "Of course, the war in Ukraine will have an impact on food prices in Germany. We already see this - not only in the intermediate trade, but also in the consumer prices. The causes are not only in the price increases for agricultural raw materials, but also in the increased energy costs along the entire value chain," said Minister Hauk.

An important indicator of the importance of regional food supply is the so -called self -care degree. It indicates the ratio of domestic production (gross domestic production) to the domestic consumption of an (agricultural) product. In the 2020/21 financial year, the level of self-care in Baden-Württemberg was 105 percent with grain and around 104 percent in oil seeds. "Our rural family businesses and the food industry in the country provide us with high -quality foods of regional origin," emphasized Hauk.