60 Million consumers denounces the increasingly high price of shopping in France. The fault of the hypermarkets according to the association.
An increasingly salty bill. France is one of the European countries where food shopping is the most expensive. That’s what just denounced 60 Million consumers association, based on Eurostat data.
According to these figures, the bill would be 15% higher in France, placing just behind the European top 3 made up of Denmark, Luxembourg and Austria. And it would seem that the French gap is widening more and more with the years: 8% in 2013, 12% in 2016. This percentage can be intriguing when we know that 80% of the products consumed each year by the French are cultivated and produced. in our country.
Meat and vegetables, expensive foods
Among the foodstuffs targeted by the association, meat, which is 30% more expensive in France than the European average. According to the conclusions of the study of 60 Million consumers, this price difference is explained by the power of French hypermarkets. 60% of said products “Mass consumption”, are sold in this type of establishment. By comparison, this is twice as much as in Germany. And some product categories would be responsible for “Pull the clues up”. This is particularly the case for local and regional products, and products “Premiums”.
Other foodstuffs pointed out by the association: fruits and vegetables. The latter show a difference of 27% with the rest of Europe. A difference which is explained by the cost of labor and higher taxes in France but also smaller farms, if we compare with the large expanses of greenhouses in southern Spain.