Strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers…: French fruits and vegetables do not suffer (too much) from inflation

2023-05-07 22:41:01

In front of the local fruit and vegetable stand, shopping baskets are filling up. A kilo of Royal gala apples (1.80 euro), asparagus (9.99 euros/kilo), spinach (3.90 euros/kilo) and carrots (2.20 euros/kilo) for Brigitte, who checks his list and hands his credit card to the seller. “I have for a little more than 8 euros, that’s fine, she slips. I buy local, French, I know it costs more than taking products from Spain or Morocco. But this year, French fruit and vegetables are not suffering from inflation as much as fish or meat! I almost feel like I’m making a deal…”