Supermarket chain Morrisons in the UK conducted a survey of its customers, which showed that her Majesty's subjects are willing to spend more to help farmers, reports news Agency TASS.

More than half of surveyed buyers are ready to buy a carton of milk is more expensive to farmers easier. In this regard, the retailer decided to release a special brand of milk, which will be more expensive by 10 pence ($0.16) per liter. Proceeds from the sale will go to help the milk producers.

Milk in a chain of stores supplying Arla, so the money will be sent to the farmers who work with her. The milk itself can be bought in the fall. Most likely, the action will help improve the image of the network.

In the UK for two weeks, held a protest milk producers, who are dissatisfied with low purchase prices for their products. Many of their shares are held in supermarkets, where farmers usually publicly remove dairy products from the shelves and warned that if the prices will remain the same, they will go bankrupt. Last week, for example, about 70 farmers came with two cows to the local store shopping network Asda in Stafford. However, the initiative of the network has led to the fact that the organization of Farmers for Action escuchala decided not to spend in Morrisons stores its shares.

Local farmers say that the price for their raw milk no longer covers the cost of its production. If the price of raw milk is now averaging 23 pence (just over 22 rubles) per liter, the production of milk costs about 30-32 pence (29-31 ruble) per liter. Protests in the EU began French farmers, who are also displeased with the price of milk. Their actions were themselves ill – they blocked the tracks at the boundaries of the state and illegally searched the truck, and also blocked travel to popular tourist attractions.