With “rising prices” and “the uncertainty of the outcome of the war, many households bought basic necessities”, causing shortages in the shelves, indicates a study.
Mustard, sunflower oil, biscuits… for the past few weeks, product shortages have been on the shelves. According to a NielsenIQ study, published on September 2, the mustard shortage was the most marked with 21% less availability, followed by salad dressing (14%), fire products (12% ), fat for cooking (11%) and sandwiches (10%). “Since the start of the year, the gross loss of profit linked to ruptures has reached 2.7 billion euros in stores“, notes the study.
In question, bad harvests, the Russian invasion in Ukraine or the slaughtering linked to avian flu. “From the weekend following the invasion in Ukraine, we saw a rush in the shops“, indicates Myriam Qadi, in charge of studies at the NielsenIQ institute, interviewed by 60 million consumers. She adds that withrising prices and the uncertainty of the outcome of the war, many households bought basic necessities. For mustard, the unavailability is not only the fact of precautionary purchase, because sales are decreasing. In July, almost 30% of stores had no mustard“. The main explanation relates to the severe droughts in Canada that occurred in 2021.
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The situation could worsen for certain products, such as potatoes. Indeed, the harvest is announcedcatastrophic“, down “at least 20% compared to the average of the last twenty years“, have already announced the producers.