the cut shelves shunned by the French

Meat, charcuterie and cheese served by the slice… With the decline in purchasing powerthese stands are increasingly shunned by consumers. Some prefer self-service products. “It may be a little cheaper, it goes faster, there is often a queue“, says a woman. “At the cut, when it’s cut, it’s tricky to tell the person ‘ah well no, it’s too much, it’s not enough or I don’t like the piece’ “, says a man. Demand is falling sharply on these departments, in particular for the most modest households: -26% on cheeses and -33% on charcuterie.

These prices are upper range and are therefore more expensive. For example, a county costs 18 euros per kilo by the cut against 15 euros for the industrial version. “Now, there is the Morbier which is cut. In promotion, it is very interesting“, says a man. With inflation, it is even all the food expenditure of the French people that decreasesby 3% in one year.