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Hundreds of farmers continued their protest against Aldi Tuesday night, blocking the warehouse of the discount store with hundreds of tractors. According to the police, the actions took place in various regions of Lower Saxony. “Farmers stay until Aldi moves in and brings in constructive proposals,” said “Land Makes Connection” farmers protest movement spokesman Anthony Lee early Tuesday morning.
The action is triggered by an imminent reduction in butter prices at Aldi-Nord. Many farmers fear for their livelihood. A spokesperson for the Aldi-Nord company announced Monday that it was completely normal and repeated every year for butter prices to rise due to high demand at Christmas and then fall again at the beginning of the year.
However, farmers fear that prices will drop too low. According to Lee, Aldi Nord wants to reduce the price of butter per kilogram by up to 60 cents. A reduction of 10 to 20 cents is common at the end of the year.
According to Lee, the blockade in front of the camp in Hesel (Leer district) has become the “symbolic place” of the protest actions. Around 400 tractors blocked access here from Monday to Tuesday. The police announced that the blockade was continuing in the morning.
There were also protests in front of other Aldi camps in Lower Saxony on Monday evening, which continued on Tuesday morning, for example in Lingen (Emsland district). “There were 80 tractors up here,” a police spokesman said. Around 3 am Tuesday there were still around 60 tractors. “Many carry barrels of fire and blankets and are preparing for a prolonged blockade,” he said. According to the police, “dozens of tractors” blocked the access roads in Rinteln (Schaumburg district).
