Agree breakthrough: SPAR and NÖM end spectacular delivery dispute!

Agree breakthrough: SPAR and NÖM end spectacular delivery dispute!

Niederösterreich, Österreich - After months of negotiations, the conflict between the Spar supermarket chain and the Lower Austrian Molkerei Nöm ends. The dispute revolved around price increases for NÖM products that Spar had rejected due to drastic price increases in the double-digit percentage range. In October 2024, Nöm then stopped the supply of what the shelves of many savings branches emptied in Lower Austria. However, the redeeming agreement came last Friday: "After long and hard negotiations, we agreed," reports NÖM board member Alfred Berger. From now on, the NÖM products will flow back into the SPAR range, and soon they should be available in all branches, as SPAR spokeswoman Nicole Berkmann confirmed. These developments are an important turning point, since the delivery stop is considered one of the most spectacular in Austrian trade history, so reports Leadersnet .

background of the dispute

The conflict situation between Spar and NÖM was not just a price question. While Spar tried to keep prices, Nöm saw the need to increase the costs. According to some sources, this dispute was also part of a larger topic about the remuneration of dairy farmers and the oversupply on the milk market. Dairy farmers like Ernst Halbmayr expressed that the conflict of political interests would be influenced and increasingly turned into a "show fight". Despite the delivery freezer, Nöm continues to supply Spar's own brands, as existing contracts require this. At the same time, it remains open how long the negotiations will continue and how the dynamics will develop in the industry, as meindezirk.at reports.