CONSUMPTION: The CEO of U brands believes that manufacturers are not playing the game while the costs of raw materials and energy have fallen “The time is to make more radical choices, including in this consumption ”. Invited to the BFMTV set on Tuesday evening, the chairman and CEO of System U threatened to withdraw from the shelves certain brands […]
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COMPROMISE: The US central bank is trying to find a happy medium to continue to rein in inflation without further destabilizing weaker banks he US central bank (Fed) raised its rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and sought to balance its fight against inflation against the turmoil in the banking sector which it warned could “weigh” […]
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On the eve of the end of the annual discussions between producers and distributors, nearly 70% of companies would have reached an agreement with the brands. [Update Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 11:45 a.m.: guest of Franceinfo this morning, Jean-Philippe André, president of the national association of food industries (Ania), confirmed that the annual negotiations were going […]
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Lucky Strike, Marlboro, Camel… Many brands of cigarettes and rolling tobacco will take a few tens of cents and up to a euro. If you are a smoker, this news should not make you happy… Among the new products of the month, the price of tobacco will increase on the 1st March 2023, for many leading […]
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SUPERPROFITS: TotalEnergies has decided not to increase fuel above 2 euros for the whole of 2023. Will other large companies follow suit? On Wednesday, TotalEnergies announced that it would cap the price of petrol and diesel at 1.99 euros for the whole of 2023. A decision which follows an appeal from Emmanuel Macron. The government continues […]
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INFLATION: “It’s not March that will be red but the second quarter” of the year, estimated Thursday on BFM / RMC Michel-Edouard Leclerc A sharp rise in prices is to be expected on supermarket shelves. “It’s not March that will be red but the second quarter” of the year, estimated Thursday on BFM / RMC Michel-Edouard Leclerc. For good reason, […]
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NO INCREASE: The TotalEnergies cap will come into effect this weekend on the motorway and in early March at other stations The litre of 95 unleaded petrol or diesel will be capped at 1.99 euros this year in the 3,400 TotalEnergies service stations in France, its CEO announced on Wednesday, the day after President Emmanuel Macron’s request […]
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BOOST: The Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, announced in early December the replacement of the rebate on fuel by an indemnity of 100 euros reserved for the 10 million most modest workers. From the 16th of January, beneficiaries of the new fuel allowance of 100 euros, replacing the general rebate which ended on the 31st of December, will […]
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PURCHASING POWER: Over one year, inflation continued to be driven by the rise in energy prices, which jumped by 15.1%, and that of food products, up very sharply by 12.1% In France, the rise in inflation slowed in December to 5.9% over one year, against 6.2% in November, according to the provisional estimate communicated by INSEE on Wednesday. A temporary […]
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INFLATION: Difficult for producers to cope with the increase in costs, which is added to a drop in yield due to the drought In France, consumers are faced with several price increases, whether for energy bills or everyday products. One of them is no exception to the rule: the potato. The price of this vegetable could soon increase. In question: the drought, which […]
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