I'm sorry for the poor quality of this picture, but I took it with my mobile phone 'cause I didn't have my camera with me when I came across that in a small supermarket in the centre of Grenoble.I found these little signs (saying "fall on prices") amusing because, as you may know, there is a big controversy on food prices here in France at the moment. According to the latest official statistics, French retail food prices (excluding fresh products) rose 2.8% year-on-year in January (highest hike since May, 1992). And it has been said by our prime minister, François Fillon, that retailers were taking advantage of the rises of agricultural produce prices and expanded their profit margin.
So an investigation have been launched by the Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) into food prices rise in 6 french retail chains.
If you want to know more about this, here are some interesting links, but they are in French:
- Dossier établi par 60 millions de consommateurs
- Libération
- Le Monde
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