After a dark year in 2023, the prices of fruits and vegetables fell in 2024, according to Rural Families

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2024-07-23 04:47:17

Eat less than 400 grams of fruit and vegetables per day and the price per person in France each month between 66 euros and 241 euros when it is “all organic”, the group calculated.

The price of fruits and vegetables, which has increased by 25% from 2021 to 2023, will generally fall in 2024 compared to the previous year, announced on Tuesday the consumer protection group Rural Families, which conducts research at all year prices in supermarkets. In this case, 118 price readings were carried out from May 7 to 22 on the shelves of hypermarkets, supermarkets, discounters and specialized organic stores in 42 French departments.

Examples: yellow lemons “cultural” (ie not from organic farming) 19% cheaper than in June 2023, traditional carrots down 14%, and even grape tomatoes whose price increased from 2.57 to 1.78 euros, reducing the price of 31% Overall, the average prices of traditional fruits and vegetables fell by 5 and 9% respectively and those of organically grown vegetables lost 3%. Fruits “bio” is 2% more expensive than the previous year. But this is the last joint “confused” by the sharp increase in the price of cherries, 22% more expensive than a year earlier. “By withdrawing, the average price of organic fruits fell by 4%”consider Rural Families.

Fruits and vegetables are generally more expensive this year than a year ago, but there are examples, such as cucumbers, apricots or lettuce, according to price records made by group volunteers. The year-over-year declines did not offset surges in prior years. And the long-term trend is worrying in the group’s eyes: over ten years, “The price of fruit has increased by 50% and that of vegetables by more than 67%”while “The average salary per capita has only increased by 22%”.

Rural families also evokes a “reducing anxiety in eating fruits and vegetables”of the order of 8% between 2020 and 2023 “regardless of professional category”. Eat at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables per day and per person, in accordance with public health recommendations, prices in France each month between 66 euros (by selecting fruits and vegetables of less expensive than conventional farming) and 241 euros during consumption “all organic”accounting association.

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