This is good news for consumers. They see the price of their shopping trolley drops by almost two percent. According to UFC-Que Choisir, the receipt even sees a drop of 1.6% compared to January 2024. If this drop allows the French to spend 76.79 euros compared to 78.05 euros last year at the At the same time, distributors and manufacturers alike were unanimous: we will never return to the labels of January 2022.
If the final price of the shopping basket is only 1.26 euros less, Grégory Caret, director of the UFC-Que Choisir Consumer Observatory, confirms that “ consumers do not see the difference as prices remain high ».
The products concerned
Many products are affected by the price drop. For Grégory Caret, “ according to our figures for larger assortments, we are around 0.5% for national brands, and 1.1% for distributor brands, explains Grégory Caret. We even see declines. »
These reductions also concern products consumed on a large scale. This is the case for basmati rice (-15.69%), breaded fish (-8.44%) and even cordon bleu (-10.5%). “ The few increases recorded are consistent with the tensions that exist on certain raw materials, such as cocoa or butter. », he adds. Hence chocolate bars (+ 8.88%) or the jar of Nutella (+ 10.22%) more…
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