🛒📊 Familles Rurales calls for inquiry into supermarket pricing practices

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Familles Rurales has requested a sector inquiry from France's Competition Authority into supermarket pricing practices, particularly focusing on 'margin equalization' that affects access to healthy food. The group highlights that from 2021 to 2023, producers received €12 billion for fruits and vegetables, while consumers paid €23 billion. With over 11 million people facing food insecurity, the association emphasizes the need for transparency and fairness in pricing. Despite a slight decline in prices for fresh produce, the financial burden on families remains significant.

Key points

• Familles Rurales requests a sector inquiry into supermarket pricing and margins.
• The inquiry aims to address 'margin equalization' affecting access to healthy food.
• Producers sold fruits and vegetables for €12 billion, while consumers paid €23 billion from 2021 to 2023.
• Over 11 million people in France face food insecurity, complicating access to healthy options.

Links

• BFMTV: Une association saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence à propos des marges de la grande distribution (notamment sur les fruits et légumes)
• Le Figaro: Des «fruits et légumes» plutôt que des «sodas» : Familles rurales saisit l’Autorité de la concurrence sur les marges de la grande distribution
• Franceinfo: L'association Familles rurales saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence au sujet des marges dans la grande distribution

Facts

• Familles Rurales submitted its request on 12 February 2026.
• Producers sold fruits and vegetables for €12 billion, while consumers paid €23 billion from 2021 to 2023.
• Fruits and vegetables generated €247 million in net profit for supermarkets in 2021.
• Over 11 million people in France are experiencing food insecurity.
• Feeding a family of four costs €1,314 for an organic basket and €800 for a non-organic basket.

Quotes

• These gaps raise questions (...) and call for a structural response — Nadia Ziane
• The Autorité de la concurrence has the means to investigate — Nadia Ziane

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