Inflation: how are apps mobilizing to help the French?

Geoffrey Branger, edited by Thibault Nadal 4:00 p.m., June 26, 2022

With inflation which has continued to rise in recent months, and which should continue to rise, more and more French people are looking for good deals, in particular to pay less for their shopping.

For this, several applications offer to help you.

For example,

- the leader in the sector - offers you, once your shopping is finished, to take a photo of your race ticket.

A "saving of 150 euros on average"

From this photo, the software works for you and analyzes the products for which you can have a reduction thanks to the agreements made between the application and the companies.

You are then refunded directly to your bank account within 48 hours.

Guillaume Durand, Managing Director France of

assures you: you will save money.

"For a family of four with two children, who will use the application every week, they will be able to save an average of €150 over the month.

>>

Find Europe weekend morning in podcast and replay here 

Applications also fight against food waste.

But other principles exist, such as

.

This application allows you to compare, near you, the amount to be paid for your shopping cart as a whole.

This therefore helps you to know in which sign it is the most interesting to make your purchases.

>> READ ALSO

- Inflation: "We must limit economic activity so that prices calm down", says Jean-Hervé Lorenzi

Finally, for those who want to save money while fighting against food waste, you can download

, an application that geolocates you and offers you several offers of surprise baskets to pick up from local merchants: all for three or four euros in general instead of ten euros.