So far rather spared, the price of pork in turn soars in France

The ham should soon cost us more. Although meat prices have been soaring for several months, it is mainly poultry, beef and veal that are more expensive. Over one year, the increase reached 10.2% on beef and veal according to INSEE, 14.6% on poultry and 10.5% on lamb. With an increase of 7.3%, pork meat was relatively spared. But the price of charcuterie should soar in the coming weeks. This Monday, August 22, the price of pork crossed the 2 euro per kilo mark on the Breton pork market in Plérin. Since last October, the rise in the markets has been continuous. At the end of last July, pork broke a historic record of 1.86 euros per kilo which dated back to March 2001, a time when consumers had fallen back on this meat in the midst of the mad cow crisis. No health crisis this year, but an explosion of costs with inflation and a sector in full crisis. Pork, which sold for 1.25 euros per kilo on the markets in January, has since taken 60%. While demand remains strong for this ...