Inflation & Prices
French Food Inflation to Be ‘Difficult’ Until Fall, Macron Says
Customers shop for produce inside a grocery store in Paris, France.
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Food inflation will continue to hit French consumers until the fall, President Emmanuel Macron said, as the government looks to crack down on big food companies’ high margins.
“I’ll be honest, food prices will be difficult until the end of the summer,” Macron said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Sunday evening.