From producer to consumer, the law of supply and demand has a very strong impact on the selling price, and therefore the purchase price, of fruit and vegetables.
In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, depending on the products and the season, fresh fruit and vegetables are subject to daily or bi-weekly quotations even when they are presented in sufficient quantity. It is therefore possible to follow price trends. And the first regional observation is that there is not necessarily an inflationary trend for the fruits and vegetables that are sold… at the beginning of the chain.
Weather, shortage of manpower, tension on the raw materials of the packaging, energy and transport costs are all factors that impact the quotation and then influence the evolution of the price to the consumer. At each stage, new…