Food inflation: the government will meet manufacturers and distributors

During his back-to-school speech in Alex (Haute-Savoie), the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire announced the government’s desire to bring together distributors and manufacturers in order to take stock of the fight against inflation. “I had indicated that inflation would start to slow in the summer of 2023. We are there,” assured the minister. “The INSEE figures confirm that inflation has started to slow this summer. »

“However, there is a long way from the truth of the figures to the reality of the wallet and the daily life. With Minister Olivia Grégoire, we will bring together distributors and manufacturers next week to take stock of the fight against the high cost of living,” he said. The date of the meeting is not yet known.

The National Institute of Statistics measured the soaring prices in food at 12.7% over one year in July, a sharp increase, however less than in June (13.7% over one year).

A reduction in the level of inflation is not a fall in price, but a lesser rise. Moreover, prices had already started to appreciate a year ago. In total, over two years, inflation in supermarkets is greater than 21%, recalled Thursday the specialized media LSA associated with the panelist Circana. INSEE is to publish its statistics for August next week, Thursday morning.

“During this back-to-school period, we will also make public in the coming days the figures from the DGCCRF survey on the prices of school supplies”, as the start of the new school year approaches, Bruno Le Maire further indicated on Thursday.

The consumer protection association Confédération Syndicale des Familles (CSF), which publishes an annual study on the cost of school supplies, has observed that the increase in their price amounts to an average of 11.3% in 2023 for pupils. elementary, middle and high school.

Faced with this soaring price, Olivia Grégoire, Minister Delegate in particular for Trade, had seized the General Directorate for Consumption and the Repression of Fraud, the DGCCRF, a service of Bercy, to investigate “the price increases of school supplies” .