French municipalities handing out food vouchers
May 28, 2022 12:01:06 GMT -5
Post by OmegaMan on May 28, 2022 12:01:06 GMT -5
French municipalities handing out food vouchers to deal with food inflation
Friday, May 27, 2022 by: Arsenio Toledo
Tags: big government, Bubble, chaos, Collapse, Emmanuel Macron, food collapse, food inflation, food prices, food stamps, food supply, food vouchers, France, grocery, hunger, Inflation, panic, politics, products, risk, welfare, welfare state
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(Natural News) Municipalities all over France have begun providing their residents with food vouchers to help families deal with spiraling food inflation.
The vouchers are being distributed by many city governments. They can be cashed in at supermarkets and come in denominations of five, 20 and 30 euros. (Related: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck amid inflation crisis.)
“Everything has increased in price, everything, even pasta,” said Bernadette Chacornac in French in an interview with France 2. Chacornac is a pensioner living in an agricultural community in France. She relies on a pension of 900 euros ($964.7) per month to help her pay for essential goods and services. Due to inflation, this meager pension is no longer enough.
“I have my partner, I have my son, so all three together, [this is expensive],” she said.
Lionel Buchet, mayor of the commune of Saint-Arcos-de-Barges in south-central France, told France 2 that the price of food has “jumped terribly” in the past few months, and expressed concerns that food inflation will keep rising.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee), France’s national statistics bureau, the inflation rate for April was 4.8 percent. The institute believes the inflation rate will jump to six percent or more in June.
Inflation in France has been driven by the 25 percent jump in fuel prices and the six percent rise in food costs, with the hardest hit food products being fruits, vegetables, bread products, pasta, cooking oil and poultry.
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Friday, May 27, 2022 by: Arsenio Toledo
Tags: big government, Bubble, chaos, Collapse, Emmanuel Macron, food collapse, food inflation, food prices, food stamps, food supply, food vouchers, France, grocery, hunger, Inflation, panic, politics, products, risk, welfare, welfare state
This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author
(Natural News) Municipalities all over France have begun providing their residents with food vouchers to help families deal with spiraling food inflation.
The vouchers are being distributed by many city governments. They can be cashed in at supermarkets and come in denominations of five, 20 and 30 euros. (Related: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck amid inflation crisis.)
“Everything has increased in price, everything, even pasta,” said Bernadette Chacornac in French in an interview with France 2. Chacornac is a pensioner living in an agricultural community in France. She relies on a pension of 900 euros ($964.7) per month to help her pay for essential goods and services. Due to inflation, this meager pension is no longer enough.
“I have my partner, I have my son, so all three together, [this is expensive],” she said.
Lionel Buchet, mayor of the commune of Saint-Arcos-de-Barges in south-central France, told France 2 that the price of food has “jumped terribly” in the past few months, and expressed concerns that food inflation will keep rising.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee), France’s national statistics bureau, the inflation rate for April was 4.8 percent. The institute believes the inflation rate will jump to six percent or more in June.
Inflation in France has been driven by the 25 percent jump in fuel prices and the six percent rise in food costs, with the hardest hit food products being fruits, vegetables, bread products, pasta, cooking oil and poultry.
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