The anti-inflation basket envisaged by the government will ultimately not see the light of day. What is planned to counter the rise in food prices?
To cope with the arrival of the “red” quarter, consumers will not be entitled to the anti-inflation basket planned by the government. Although it has set up a “budget aid” for the most precarious households, it will replace his idea born in January. Inspired by a Greek initiative, its aim was to offer twenty products at cost price in all supermarkets. Like the CAF activity bonus, this would have relieved the French, whose purchasing power continues to decline.
But neither the supermarkets nor the first agricultural union, the FNSEA, wanted this anti-inflation basket. West France confirmed this Sunday, March 5 that the Ministry of the Economy abandoned the project. Bruno Le Maire would also have feared his judicial blockage, for price agreement.
To make shopping cheaper, Bercy has therefore accepted that the distributors each have their commercial offer. Since February, System U has deployed its own. The only distributor to have its own factories, Intermarché will offer 500 anti-inflation productson 470 products from its distributor brands and around thirty fresh products from the traditional departments: meat, fruit, vegetables, fish.
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Distributor offers against food inflation
This March 5 in the JDDthe president of Carrefour has announced blocked prices from March 15 to June 15 on 100 everyday products such as detergent, spreads, flour, biscuits or baby diapers. 100 products labeled healthy with a Nutri-score A and B will also be affected: fresh vegetables, bread, eggs, yogurts, milk, cereals, etc. The price of these Carrefour and Simpl brand products will be around 2 euros.
The Ministry of the Economy has set its conditions: promotions will have to register in timei.e. at least one quarter, and margins will be trimmed by distributors and not the farmers, as provided for by the Egalim 2 law of mid-October 2022 to better remunerate them. Bercy fears the return of the conflict between distributors and the food industry. Trade negotiations have been particularly difficult this year and have only just ended.
Food inflation has peaked in recent months and consumers are moving more towards hard-discount. Supermarkets hope to bring them back with these low prices.