Against the background of a 38% rise in the price of butter, its retail sales decreased by 15%

08:21; 11 September 2025 year

In January-July 2025, retail sales of butter in Russia decreased by 14.7% year-on-year. This is reported by "a href=" with reference to data from the analytical company "Nielsen".https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8025461 ?tg">«Kommersant»lt;/a>.

At the same time, the decrease in demand increased sevenfold over the year. In January-July 2024, sales decreased by 2%.

Experts attribute this dynamic to a strong rise in the price of butter. According to Rosstat, by the beginning of September, its cost reached 1.2 thousand rubles per 1 kg. Since the beginning of the year, oil has risen in price by 38%. In this regard, some consumers abandoned butter in favor of vegetable oil, whose sales increased by 0.3% year-on-year.

Manufacturers explain the rise in butter prices by increasing the cost of its production. Only raw milk rose in price by 23.1% over the year. Expenses for warehouse services and logistics were added to this.

Overall, butter production continues to grow. In January-July, it was produced in the amount of 201 thousand tons, which is 4.2% higher than the same period last year.

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