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German shops running out of milk BBC Shops in Germany say they are starting to run out of milk after days of protests by dairy farmers against what they say are unsustainably low prices. The German milk industry federation said that blockades of milk processing plants by angry farmers had cost the industry nearly 50m euros (£39.5m). Protesters have also emptied milk tankers onto the ground. Farmers are demanding a minimum price of 0.43 euros (£0.34) a litre - at least 20% more than the current price.
(Article continues below) They say rising fuel and feed costs have pushed up their operating costs but the retail price of milk has not increased correspondingly. 'Delivery bottlenecks' Since the main dairy federation, BDM, began its strike on 27 May, retailers have been warning people not to rush out to buy milk, but at some of the big supermarkets supplies are now running low. The discount supermarket chain Plus said it was seeing isolated shortages, but said it could cover them with stock from unaffected areas. Another chain, Real, also said supplies were running low at some locations. The director of the Association of the German Dairy Industry (MIV), Eckhard Heuser, also said its supplies were getting tight.
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