Vegetable and fruit prices

Vegetable prices have increased dramatically in France over the past year, including 40 percent for potatoes.

Despite overall inflation slowing down, high prices at the grocery store remain a pain point for consumers.

Food prices have risen 11.4% in 2022.

Nearly every food item is now more expensive. Bread, for example, was 16.2% more expensive than a year ago; the price of eggs has increased 39.8%.

High prices are forcing some consumers to make difficult decisions, such as turning to food banks for the first time in their lives. Some say they’re not getting their full dietary needs, such as an adequate protein intake, because it’s simply too expensive.

Unfortunately, what’s driving the soaring prices isn’t a simple problem or solution—and analysts say it will take time for consumers to see relief.

The worrying signs for 2023 mean there is a necessity to give out ‘fruit and vegetable cheques’ so that families on modest budgets are not turned away from health foods, argue some economists who think that the government would subsidise poorer households to buy fruit or veg, in the same way it did to help pay energy bills with the “cheque énergie”. The rise in food prices disproportionately impacts poorer families who tend to spend a greater proportion of their income on food and drink. 

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