Fruit growers demand fair share of profits amid rising production costs

A convoy of about 50 tractors driven by fruit growers from across Belgium descended on Brussels this week to call for a greater share of the profit margins generated by the sale of apples and pears in the nation’s supermarkets.Speaking in Auderghem outside the headquarters of Comeos, the Belgian Federation for Commerce and Services, fruit grower Xavier Laduron said that there was more than enough money being made to ensure that producers could have their fair share without costing consumers more.“Fruit that leaves us, priced at €0.50 per kilo, ends up at €2 for the consumer,” he told RTBF. “The margins are available. The consumer does not ne…