those prices that explode because of inflation

2023-04-17 11:18:00

When shopping, many French people now ignore certain products in an attempt to lower the price of their shopping cart.

By NJ with AFP

Meat, vegetables, soups… Many French people have to skip certain food products.
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Published on 04/17/2023 at 11:18 a.m.

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CIt’s no surprise to anyone. With galloping food inflation (14.8% in February 2023, 15.9% in March), the French have had to review their consumption habits. Exit, therefore, high quality products, households are now turning to private label products, indicates The Parisian.

“At the very beginning, in March 2022, we were looking at the number of inflationary categories and the number of categories that were not yet inflationary. We stopped very quickly because 100% of the consumer categories were affected, ”explains Emmanuel Fournet, expert at the NielsenIQ consumption monitoring firm, to France Info.

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Meat, fish, fruit and vegetables down

Purchases of consumer products thus fell by 5% in volume during the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 in large and medium-sized stores, a decline which has intensified over the past two weeks (-7, 2% and -9.2%).

If the drop in consumption of certain products has a cause other than inflation, such as those of parapharmacy products (hydroalcoholic gels) with the end of the Covid-19 crisis (- 72.3%) or that of frozen pizzas after the death of two children in the case of the contaminated pizzas of Buitoni (- 20.5%), others are simply explained by the crisis.

This is the case for oils (-22.8%), ready meals (-22%), preserves and seafood (-16.8%), fresh fruit juices (-14.2 %) or fresh soups and sauces (-13.8%). READ ALSOLarge distribution: Action, favorite brand of the French

Other products, considered luxury, are also disappearing from the carts. This is the case for fresh foie gras (-65.1%), champagne (-18.2%) and luxury beers (-16%). The French also ignore more meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. “Over the period from 1^is January to March 19, 2023, meat and fruit and vegetables fell by 5% in volume in the space of a year, and fresh fish by 14%”, points out for her part Gaëlle Le Floch, the marketing director of Kantar Worldpanel, with the daily.

Pet food also costs more

The prices of animal products have also increased. Over one year, a 15% increase was observed, making this category the third most inflationary in supermarkets. “Making animal food is very energy-intensive. And then, in animal products, there is meat, cereals, and these products have increased a lot in 2022 and again in early 2023, ”explains Emmanuel Fournet to France Info. READ ALSOArtus – Why monetary policy cannot control inflation