I've noticed that for the past few months, prices keep going up constantly, even on budget brands. I do my shopping at the Carrefour in my town and honestly it's gotten hard to make ends meet. Is it like this everywhere or is it just where I am? Does anyone have tips for getting by?
There's something nobody really talks about - Carrefour and the other chains play a lot with the references they discontinue and replace - you end up buying a "new" product that costs 30% more while the old one just vanishes from the shelves! Then yeah, inflation's a factor, but they're totally taking advantage of the chaos to bump up their margins. The price-per-kilo thing is true, but at some point you look at your shopping and you see that even the basic products where you don't have a choice have gone up insanely without anything actually changing in the product itself.
It's the same everywhere honestly, I noticed the same thing even on basics, it's gone crazy. Inflation hit hard and supermarkets are passing it straight through to the shelves, especially since 2024-2025. To get by I check the promos online before I go, I compare store brand prices even between Carrefour and Leclerc when there's one near me, and honestly end of month is tight for a lot of people right now.
Not sure it's really "crazy" everywhere in the same way - it depends a lot on which sections and brands you're looking at 🛒 The thing people often mess up is just comparing the prices shown without checking the weight or quantity, supermarkets play a lot with that by changing formats so it looks cheaper at first glance when it's actually the opposite. Try to really check the price per kilo before buying, and compare it with lesser-known store brands - there are often massive differences just because nobody notices them.
The thing people often forget is to check the price per kilo or per liter instead of just looking at the basic label, because budget brands sometimes make smaller packages without actually lowering the price. Also you gotta verify if your Carrefour has genuinely good deals or if they're just marketing BS, and it varies quite a bit from one store to another depending on the area. A dumb trick but it actually works: stuff at the end of the aisle or on the back walls tends to change prices downward more often, so it's worth digging around there instead of sticking to the front displays.
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