Prices have risen significantly over the past two years, systematically leading to a deterioration in the purchasing power of the French. An INSEE study, which spanned this period, showed that the average shopping basket increased by 20.5%.
We now understand a little better the effect of inflation on the purchasing power of the French. Households pay 20.5% more for their average shopping basket than two years ago. This has been revealed in a study conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEI). Parisian. Almost no product has been spared from this increase, especially the products of daily consumption, some of which have reached unprecedented thresholds in the last two years.
This is the case for the brand’s Sweet Butter President, The price of which has recorded a singular increase of more than 41.9%. toilet paper the lotus Also stepped up on the growth podium with nearly 30% higher inflation compared to 2022, details capital city which cites the source. Everything or almost everything costs more, like pot Nutella Hazelnuts, or a kilo of cocoa, now sell for 5.97 euros. Spring water crystalline Also increased by 14.8%, while shell pastries Panzani Their prices have also seen an increase of 10.9%.
Inflation, yes, but only…
But has inflation alone driven this increase that has become inevitable among manufacturers, who, for their part, have seen increases in production costs with increases in raw material and energy prices? Not only that, believes Gregory Caret, director of the Consumer ObservatoryUFC- What to chooseblasphemy “greed” “at all levels”.
It should be remembered that at the end of November 2023, the Consumer Protection Organization UFC-Que Choisirassociated with Foodwatch, Rural families And the CLCV, was already questioning President Macron Between the end of 2021 and the second quarter of 2023, the gross margin of the agri-food industry increased from 28 to 48%: a historical level that suggests that this is not easy compared to previous years (we often hear talk. “margin recovery”) But the real constitution of more margin! »
Towards a decline in receipts from April?
However, a positive note in this context that is increasingly affecting consumers: prices should stop rising at the end of this first quarter, so that a gradual decline begins, the project predicts. Like fuel distributors, who refuse to return to pre-crisis prices, distribution rules out the possibility of seeing receipts return to their previous levels.
According to ParisianHouseholds are increasingly forced to permanently turn to these brands where you can make your purchases with the least expensive ticket, such as “Leclerc average basket 77.15 euros and an increase of 20.3% in two years. It is lower than Intermarché (77.78 euros), Super U (78.56 euros) or Auchan (82.24 euros)”.
