do mass retail players really throw away “a lot more”?

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Vegetables in a supermarket in Toulouse, in October. Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP

THE CHEKING PROCESS – This is what Michel-Edouard Leclerc assured this week on LCI. Is it correct ?

Going to the checkout to pay for your full shopping is becoming an increasingly difficult moment for the wallets of French households. With inflation of 5.6% in September 2022, certain consumer products are particularly affected. Pasta saw its average shelf price jump by around 20% in October over one year, and oil saw its label soar in comparable proportions.

Faced with these price increases and the precariousness of some households, the question of what happens to unsold food products is back in the news. Invited this Wednesday on LCI, Michel-Edouard Leclerc, president of the strategic committee of the E. Leclerc centers, assured him: “We don’t throw away much anymore. Partnerships with food banks in particular, (…), start-ups, SMEs called Too Good To Go or Phenix allow us to manage the dates, to promote them before they expire».

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