Each large-scale retailer offers a selection of products at controlled prices or at cost price. The point on each basket.
Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, called on supermarkets on Monday March 6 to set up an anti-inflation basket.
There will be no common basket, but each distributor will offer its own operation on a selection of products of its choice so that the French can benefit from products at low prices.
The point on what each brand offers…
Casino: 500 products at less than €1 and at fixed prices
The operation launched by the Casino brand will offer 500 products under €1 and at fixed prices.
The operation will start fromMarch 15 and will end on June 15, in all Casino hypermarkets and supermarkets.
The products offered are approximately half Casino brand products and fresh products, and the other half Leader Price products.
There are 48 categories: savory and sweet groceries, starchy foods and vegetables, cereals, dairy products and fruit compotes, body hygiene (shower gels, etc.), baby hygiene, housekeeping, pet food, etc.
This selection includes 60% of food products rated A, B or C on the Nutriscore.
Carrefour: 200 products for less than €2
Carrefour will offer an “essential and nutrition” basket. The products selected will be made up of the brand’s brands, namely Carrefour and Simpl.
The operation will thus be divided into two categories: 100 “everyday” products including hygiene and 100 products labeled “healthy” with a Nutriscore A and B.
The operation will start fromMarch 15 and will end on June 15, in all Carrefour hypermarkets and supermarkets.
Intermarché: 500 anti-inflation products
The operation launched by the Intermarché brand will offer a basket entitled “500 anti-inflation products”.
The operation has started this Sunday, March 5 in all Intermarché hypermarkets and supermarkets, but the brand did not specify the duration of the operation.
The products selected will consist of 470 items from the brand’s brands, namely Pâturages, Chabrior, Monique Ranou… and 30 fresh products from the meat, charcuterie, fruit and vegetable departments.
Every week, it announces a new selection of 3 traditional fresh products at an “unbeatable price”.
In addition, the Netto discount brand offers “more than 1,000 everyday useful products at unbeatable prices” all year round.
System U: 150 products at cost price
The anti-inflation basket de Système U consists of 150 very varied food products ranging from spaghetti to sandwich bread, including quiche Lorraine, tuna, yoghurts, baby diapers and a dozen organic product references, sold at costing with a minimum of 10% margin beyond the resale at a loss threshold as established by law.
The operation was launched February 1 For an undetermined time.
The selected products are from the U brand.
Lidl: 50 essential products at almost no margin prices
Lidl’s operation was announced in February on a selection of 50 products deemed essential fresh, frozen, groceries, but also hygiene and cleaning products, and at prices without margin or almost.
Lidl launched its operation February 1 for an indefinite period, but r
Monoprix: 300 products at fixed prices
Even if the Monoprix brand will not launch a specific basket, its device entitled “Monopetitprix” launched in September acts as an anti-inflation operation.
The brand thus offers 300 essential products of its brand in 40 different categories in food and hygiene-beauty at fixed prices and 87 others “at controlled prices” to contain their increase.
The operation launched from September 2022 should end in June.
Auchan: “anti-inflation solutions” with offers on fresh products and 450 low-cost products
The sign Auchan did not plan to establish a basket but continues its “anti-inflation solutions”.
The operation was launched February 9 For an undetermined time.
The proposed solutions are diverse. “Tide” offers at the fishmonger’s, at less than €5 per kg, a selection of around fifteen fruits and vegetables at low prices, a selection of butcher’s cuts at less than €3.
In addition, the inch brand offers 450 entry-level everyday products with an expanded range.
Leclerc: no anti-inflation basket but its comparator relaunched
The Leclerc brand does not intend to launch an anti-inflation basket, justifying the fact that the brand boasts of being the cheapest on many products.
On the other hand, Leclerc will put forward its price comparator which daily records 4,700 national brand products in 400 stores of 10 brands.
Cora: no basket planned for the moment
The Cora brand would not intend to create an anti-inflation basket.