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Each month, the editorial staff from 20 Hours focuses on the average price of the French shopping basket. It is sharply increasing in December.
Shopping is more expensive in December. For the “20 Hours Basket”, the editorial staff noted the prices of 31 everyday consumer products. What is skyrocketing the most is the price of pasta: + 38.64% for the first prices. Pfor the first time, the brands are also increasing, from + 4.71%. This price increase is due to poor wheat harvests this year. Matter first missing, so it is more expensive.
The shortage of sugar is also causing a price increase of 4.33% for the top prize. Msame observation for eggs first prices, with a rise + 3.93% which is explained by the cost of feeding chickens, which is on the rise. However, the raw material constitutes the bulk of the price. Butter also increased by 1.48%. As a result, the average basket of a French person increases by 1.08% in December, which is much more than in September and November.
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