ever more expensive fruits and vegetables

On the Montbéliard market (Doubs)the prices of fruits and vegetables are on the rise. “The potato, before, was the vegetable of the poor. That now the potato is the vegetable of the rich. When you see 4 euros per kilo of Délicatesse, before, you had it for one euro…“comments Régis Martin, trader. The regulars have realized this, between incomprehension and resignation. “There is still an abundance of fruit, it was hot, so we cannot explain this inflation… It’s actually a profit.“, says a client.

“A small increase. It is part of the generalities, currently“, says another. The weather conditions, between heat and lack of rain, had an impact on production. To this isadd the increase in the price of fuels, or fertilizers. A producer store, where everything is local, is trying to contain prices. “We also have the merit of being on small farms, and which can afford to say: ‘Come on, we’re not raising prices’“, confides François CiresaPresident of Cœur Paysan Sochaux (Doubs). In France, the price of fruit and vegetables rose by 11% since 2021.