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Many products such as eggs and milk are becoming increasingly rare on the shelves. The rate of missing products reached 5.8% at the end of October, and the phenomenon could continue next year.
Difficult, Saturday, November 5, to tick all the boxes of his shopping list, because more and more products are missing from the shelves of supermarkets. Near Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), this customer will not be able to take advantage of the promotion he had spotted: “The second pack is at -50%, it’s more affordable for us. There are eight I think, with one free, and there are no more unfortunately.” And milk is not the only article concerned, eggs are also becoming increasingly rare. A situation that forces customers to change their consumption habits: “It’s an opportunity to test a little something else, other products.”
The rate of missing products in stores reached 5.8% at the end of October, which could represent a shortfall of 4.5 billion euros for large retailers at the end of the year. In another Strasbourg brand, milk stocks are also affected. Shortages also linked to poor harvests, rising energy prices or even epidemics in farms. “Today, we are in the hyperchoice and therefore when we have 5% of rupture it still means that we have 95% of products which are present and that it is enough to stroll in the shelves. It remains plenty to eat”, tempers the expert Olivier Dauvers. According to experts, the phenomenon could continue beyond next year.