Stéphane Place, edited by Ophélie Artaud 10:17 a.m., November 11, 2022, modified at 10:18 a.m., November 11, 2022
While inflation continues to rise and shopping becomes more and more difficult for many families, a study shows that each French person would waste almost 20 euros of food per week.
A figure that surprises the consumers that Europe 1 met at the exit of a supermarket.
Limit food waste: if this gesture seems simple, it is not practiced by all.
A study shows that a French would throw in the trash the equivalent of almost 20 euros of food per week, which is in the European average.
Europe 1 went to the exit of a supermarket in Gironde where customers want to be very attentive to this question of waste.
"It's getting expensive so I'm careful"
That many people waste the equivalent of 20 euros of food each week, Baptiste, crossed in the parking lot of this supermarket in Talence, simply cannot believe it.
"It's crazy, it drives me crazy, we don't waste anything. I don't understand how we buy stuff that we throw away when lots of people need it."
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All the more surprising since everything has increased in recent weeks, wonders Séverine, who has just loaded her groceries into her trunk.
"Before, we weren't too careful, there are things I put in the trash, like the green salad. But now, I reuse it for something else. It's getting expensive so I'm careful."
Inflation encourages Ghislaine and her husband not to waste anything.
"We freeze, which means that we never throw away too much. Perhaps we are still more careful now with regard to the increase in products. For example, on a baguette, at the limit, we could throw half a baguette two or three years ago. Now we won't throw it away because it's expensive."
Ecological awareness and soaring prices, the consumers that Europe 1 met claim to be hunting down waste.