Conflictividad en la cadena de distribución alimentariael caso español entre 2014 y 2021

  1. Plaza Llorente, Jesús Manuel 1
  1. 1 UNED. España
Journal:
Revista española de estudios agrosociales y pesqueros

ISSN: 1575-1198

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 259

Pages: 154-174

Type: Article

DOI: 10.24197/REEAP.259.2022.154-174 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The objective of the article is to analyze the nature of conflicts in food distribution in Spain 2014-2021. The empirical evidence is made up of data from administrative records treated with statistical methods (correlation and simple linear regression) and econometric methods (multivariate linear regression). The causal analysis of the conflicts registered in conventional food distribution in Spain between 2014 and 2021 confirms its essentially mercantile nature. Essentially due to the lack of contractual formalization of the commercial relations between the agents that operate in the chain, defects in said formalization or breaches in the due payment terms. If it adds to this the fact that the operators with the greatest bargaining power on the demand side, Wholesalers and Processing Industry, are the ones that weigh more in the number of sanctions imposed, the analysis confirms the presence of flaws in the sense that market power has been exercised in the lapse of time studied. This power has been exercised at specific times: 1) when formalizing contracts or not, 2) when conditioning their clauses, or 3) at the time of paying the agreed term. The evidence shown by the analysis carried out could be useful for the conventional operators of the food distribution chain to establish their commercial strategies. In a particular way for operators that compete with a bigger disadvantage: Producers and Retailers. Also, for the public authorities involved in the fair operation of agri-food markets at the time of designing policies and incentives. The emergence of new niches in the agri-food market, the rise of electronic commerce and the new forms of food distribution linked to platforms (marketplaces) will modify or configure new scenarios of conflict in commercial distribution, whose specific problems and solutions will be susceptible to address for future research.

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