Arthur Pereira, edited by Gauthier Delomez with AFP 3:46 p.m., June 21, 2022

Faced with the increase in the price of school supplies, the Federation of Parents' Councils is asking the government to increase the back-to-school allowance.

On Europe 1, the secretary general of the FCPE indicates the increases in certain products and expects to see the price of canteens also increase.

More expensive pens and notebooks on supermarket shelves because of inflation?

This is the fear of many parents who start shopping for the start of the school year from the end of June.

The Federation of Parents' Councils (FCPE) is asking for an increase in the back-to-school allowance in order to help families fill out binders.

She also wants a payment from the beginning of July.

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The impact of inflation on the prices of supplies

"Today, the inflation curve is rather on an upward slope: notebooks take 10%, sheets take between 15 and 20%, and it can go up to 40% for some calculators", details Éric Labastille , secretary general of the FCPE at the microphone of Europe 1.

For him, it is "a particularly important amount for many families, knowing that the cost of the school year is not only supplies, it is also clothing", he recalls. .

The secretary general of the FCPE also expects "an increase in the prices of school canteens, boarding school".

"All of this means that families must anticipate all these expenses as well as possible", concludes Éric Labastille.

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Price increases for canteens

The price increase in canteens is already a reality.

"In the first quarter, the price of certain raw materials increased extremely violently: milk took 16%, rice 13%, minced beef 22%, an average increase of 12% over one year", observes Bernard Gault, acting CEO of the Elior group, which supplies 1,300 school canteens. 

"It's not just the war in Ukraine: the return of inflation in the cost of raw materials is a basic trend to which are added events such as drought and avian flu," he told the newspaper. AFP.

According to the OFCE, the purchasing power of French households will contract by 0.8% in 2022 due to inflation estimated at 4.9% over the year.