The heat we are experiencing makes you want to cool off by eating fresh fruits and vegetables, but these products have seen their prices soar in recent weeks.
At the market, some customers have reviewed their way of buying and consuming: “Before, I made my jam, I didn’t watch. We wanted a melon, we took a melon… Now we look” regrets a passerby.
Others do not want to do without it, despite the increases: “My husband and I, when it comes to fruit and food in general, we don’t ignore that… But we have to admit that the household budget has taken a hit“, reacts a customer.
Frédéric is a seller, he sees a clear increase in the price of his tomatoes: “In one weekend, it tripled, with the heat. There is a lot of demand, and there are not enough harvests, so the prices are going up. We were at 1€, now we are at 3.50€ for a kilo of tomato beasts“he testifies.
For market gardeners, this situation is, to say the least, complicated to manage: “Customers expect good prices and quality, but it’s not easy“, laments Omar.
Market gardeners explain this phenomenon in several ways: There are fewer producers than before, so there is less supply than demand, and there is also, for imported fruits and vegetables, the impact of the price of transport.
