Have you started rushing to the store shelves to buy your child’s school supplies? Bad news, their cost has increased by 10%.
The holidays are still here for a while. Although July is coming to an end This will be followed by the long sunny days of August, during which toddlers will (still) be able to indulge their summer leisure to their heart’s content. Nevertheless, in six weeks, children will give up sand pies, afternoons spent by the pool or even walks in the parkin order to go back to school.
Books, notebooks, pencils, satchel, sportswear… It’s the same thing every year: parents will have to get the famous school supplies. Depending on whether the children are entering primary school, middle school or high school, the amounts of expenses tend to vary. Bad news, this year, these purchases will be more expensive. Tuesday, July 18, theUFC-What to choose noted a general increase of 10% in the price of school suppliesbetween July 2022 and July 2023.
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School supplies: the stationery sector very impacted
To reach this conclusion, the consumer association identified and compared the prices of almost 140 products available in supermarkets. With regard to distributor brands, these would have been faced with a higher increase than that of national brands: 11% for the former, against 9% for the latter. Nevertheless, on average, private labels would remain more accessible.
In its report, UFC-Que Choisir clarified that stationery was, all categories combined, the one whose prices had increased the most. In this sector, inflation corresponds to 14% in the space of one year. In question : the soaring cost of the raw material, which is paper pulp. Behind are art materials (+9%), scientific equipment (+8%) and pencils, pens and markers (+7%).
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