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– Consumer prices increased by 1.3% in December 2024 compared to the same month a year earlier.
At the supermarket, going to the checkout is less painful. If INSEE confirmed, Wednesday January 15, that consumer prices increased by 1.3% in December 2024 compared to the same month a year earlier, over the whole year, inflation increased by an average of 2%compared to 4.9% in 2023, relays BFMTV. The indicator notes a sharp drop in prices in certain departments. To take advantage of this drop in prices, you have to move towards frozen foods. But this downward trend is also observed for pasta, poultry and ready meals.
Among the most notable declines, we find frozen fish (-3.5% in December compared to December 2023), fresh vegetables (-3.5%) or even cooked dishes (-3.4%) whose prices had increased significantly in 2023. Another decrease to note: the prices of pasta (-2.5%) and chips (-2.4%). Flour (-2.1%), rice (-1.6%) and eggs (-1.5%) also saw their prices decline. While the price of butter increases by 2%, that of margarine falls by almost 7%.
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Other products have also seen their prices drop. Salt and spices (-1.9%), prepared seafood (-1.9%), poultry (-1.4%), yogurts (-1%), breakfast cereals (-1.9%), lunch (-0.8%) and pizzas and quiches (-0.2%). At the same time, the price of cocoa continues to cause chocolate prices to soar (+10.3%). Same dynamic for olive oil. Production difficulties linked to drought continue to weigh on us. Olive oil prices remained 28.3% higher in December than they were a year earlier.
Since March 1, 2024, the Descrozaille law, which aims to limit promotions on maintenance and hygiene items to 34% as for the rest of food products, has come into force. Forced to offer less aggressive discounts, brands have probably generalized them to more products and over longer periods.
