Since the beginning of this year, times are hard. It seems that the more time passes, the more inflation continues to grow. Thus, everything seems to become much more expensive. Inflation has already exceeded 7% according to INSEE recently. Thus, the cost of living has increased and so has food. This is why many supermarkets want assist to consumers by offering numerous offers and promotions. Moreover, there are still many place, until the end of the year. We’ll explaine everything here.
Inflation and supermarkets
It so happens that since the beginning of the year, more precisely the end of January, things have much changed. It is not just a region or a country, but the whole world. Already, climate influenced by global warming greatly reduced harvests. This is what is to blame for the shortage of mustard in supermarkets.
But if a country usually has fewer crops, it can count on other countries to trade. But since the end of January, global relations got very complicated in the East notably. This is how Europe sees itself deprived of its “granary” which usually provides it with many basic ingredients such as wheat for example. Thus, all products becoming rarer in supermarkets, the price of the latter increases. It’s about supply and demand.
Supermarkets are mobilizing
but supermarkets are nevertheless well aware of the difficulty of the French to pay for their groceries. Thus, many mobilized to be able to lower their prices or even stabilize them. And many aids are still in place until the end of the year. Here are which ones.
October: Lidl and discounts
This is until october that the Lidl supermarket decides to extend its operation “The boost is worth the cost” which began in mid-May. This offer works if you have the Lidl Plus app. It allows all those who have it to receive a 5% reduction voucher usable on all races, and this, with a minimum purchase of 50 euros.
It’s quite simple, you just need to download on your mobile the supermarket application named LidlPlus. The coupon then appears on its own on the first of the month. It is renewed every month on the same date. All you have to do is present it at the checkout.
November 30: Crossroads
Since the end of August, the Carrefour supermarket has set up aid that it thus extended until the end of November. Indeed, the offer consists of block the price of 100 products deemed essential. This includes food, but also hygiene or even maintenance. The offer is valid in Carrefour, but also on the website.
Thus, you can find the complete list of the products concerned on the supermarket’s website. In this way, these 100 essential products will not see their prices increase until the end date of the offer.
Leclerc supermarket until December
Leclerc supermarkets also think of their consumers. In fact, it is until December 4 that the “shield anti-inflation “ will still be applied to more than 230 products. There are also essential products, food, hygiene, baby diapers… The offer is valid in all the brand’s supermarkets, but also for drives. The offer is made automatically when you buy one of the products from the list, also available on the brand’s website.
End of the year for Casino
Casino supermarkets offer them a fixed price on 50 product, until the last day of the year. But also, an offer of 30 products at 30 euros for Géant hypermarkets. Thus, if prices increase, they will be reimbursed during checkout.