Informations Rapides · 15 June 2021 · n° 150
In May 2021, the prices of frequently purchased goods sold in hyper and supermarkets fell by 0.5% year on year Price Index in large and predominantly-food stores - May 2021

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The health crisis due to the Covid-19 impacts the quality of the data. Price collection on the field was adjourned in 2020 spring, at the end of year 2020 and, depending on departments, from the 20 March or from the 3 April 2021 to the 30 May 2021. It did not allow to publish some indices.

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Year on year, food prices in hyper and supermarkets fell
Year on year, the prices of cleaning and personal care products sold in hyper and supermarkets declined
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In May 2021, the prices of frequently purchased goods in hyper and supermarkets were stable over a month as in April.

Compared with the same month last year, the prices of frequently purchased goods sold in hyper and supermarkets declined for the eighth consecutive month: –0.5% in May, after –0.6% in April and –0.3% in March, February and January.

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tableauPrices of frequently purchased goods in hyper and supermarkets and other stores, year-on-year change (%)

Prices of frequently purchased goods in hyper and supermarkets and other stores, year-on-year change (%)
	Hyper and supermarkets	Other stores
2012-01	4.1	4.7
2012-02	4.1	4.7
2012-03	3.5	4.6
2012-04	3.0	4.3
2012-05	2.5	4.1
2012-06	2.0	3.9
2012-07	1.6	3.7
2012-08	1.5	3.3
2012-09	1.3	3.1
2012-10	1.4	3.2
2012-11	1.2	3.0
2012-12	1.0	2.7
2013-01	0.7	2.3
2013-02	0.6	2.3
2013-03	0.7	2.2
2013-04	0.7	2.2
2013-05	0.4	2.1
2013-06	0.5	2.2
2013-07	0.3	2.2
2013-08	0.4	2.2
2013-09	0.3	2.0
2013-10	0.0	1.7
2013-11	-0.1	1.6
2013-12	-0.2	1.4
2014-01	-0.1	1.3
2014-02	-0.1	1.0
2014-03	-0.1	0.7
2014-04	-0.2	0.5
2014-05	-0.3	0.4
2014-06	-0.5	0.2
2014-07	-0.6	0.1
2014-08	-0.8	-0.1
2014-09	-0.8	-0.2
2014-10	-0.8	-0.2
2014-11	-1.0	0.0
2014-12	-1.0	0.2
2015-01	-1.1	0.1
2015-02	-1.0	0.1
2015-03	-1.2	0.1
2015-04	-1.1	0.2
2015-05	-0.9	0.2
2015-06	-0.9	0.4
2015-07	-0.7	0.4
2015-08	-0.6	0.5
2015-09	-0.6	0.6
2015-10	-0.4	0.8
2015-11	-0.3	0.5
2015-12	-0.1	0.4
2016-01	-0.2	0.4
2016-02	-0.3	0.6
2016-03	-0.3	0.7
2016-04	-0.4	0.9
2016-05	-0.3	0.7
2016-06	-0.3	0.7
2016-07	-0.4	0.9
2016-08	-0.4	0.8
2016-09	-0.5	0.8
2016-10	-0.6	0.8
2016-11	-0.5	0.9
2016-12	-0.5	1.1
2017-01	-0.3	1.1
2017-02	-0.3	1.1
2017-03	-0.1	1.1
2017-04	0.1	1.1
2017-05	0.3	1.4
2017-06	0.4	1.5
2017-07	0.6	1.5
2017-08	0.7	1.7
2017-09	0.8	1.8
2017-10	0.8	1.8
2017-11	0.9	1.8
2017-12	0.8	1.7
2018-01	0.8	1.9
2018-02	0.9	1.9
2018-03	0.8	2.0
2018-04	0.8	1.9
2018-05	0.8	1.9
2018-06	0.6	2.0
2018-07	0.6	1.9
2018-08	0.8	2.0
2018-09	0.8	2.0
2018-10	0.8	2.1
2018-11	0.9	2.3
2018-12	1.1	2.3
2019-01	1.3	2.2
2019-02	1.5	2.5
2019-03	1.6	2.3
2019-04	1.7	2.4
2019-05	1.7	2.3
2019-06	1.9	2.1
2019-07	1.9	1.8
2019-08	1.9	1.7
2019-09	1.8	1.6
2019-10	1.8	1.5
2019-11	1.7	1.2
2019-12	1.8	1.2
2020-01	1.5	1.0
2020-02	1.2	0.8
2020-03	1.1	0.9
2020-04	1.3	NaN
2020-05	1.1	NaN
2020-06	0.8	NaN
2020-07	0.6	1.0
2020-08	0.4	0.8
2020-09	0.1	0.8
2020-10	-0.1	0.8
2020-11	-0.1	NaN
2020-12	-0.2	NaN
2021-01	-0.3	1.1
2021-02	-0.3	1.2
2021-03	-0.3	1.4
2021-04	-0.6	NaN
2021-05	-0.5	NaN

NB: "Other stores" data not available for April, May, June, November, December 2020 and April, May 2021
Geographical coverage: metropolitan France

graphiquePrices of frequently purchased goods in hyper and supermarkets and other stores, year-on-year change (%)

Chargement en cours — NB: "Other stores" data not available for April, May, June, November, December 2020 and April, May 2021

Geographical coverage: metropolitan France

*Source: INSEE - Consumer Price Indices*

tableauPrices of frequently purchased goods

2015:100

Prices of frequently purchased goods (2015:100)
	Index May 2021	Changes (%) compared to
	Index May 2021	last month (m-o-m) (1)	12 months before (y-o-y) (2)
Hyper and supermarkets (A)	102.99	0.0	-0.5
Large and predominantly food stores (A + neighborhood stores)	nd	nd	nd
Other stores	nd	nd	nd
All stores	nd	nd	nd

nd: The number of prices collected didn’t allow to calculate a sufficiently precise estimate for the month of May.
(1) [m/(m-1)]
(2) [m/(m-12)]
Geographical coverage: metropolitan France
Source : INSEE – Consumer Price Indices

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tableauPrices of frequently purchased goods detailed by main items in hyper and supermarkets, indices (100=2015)

Prices of frequently purchased goods detailed by main items in hyper and supermarkets, indices (100=2015)
	Meat	Beverages	Food excluding fresh products	Cleaning, personal care products
2012-01	95.98	98.35	102.63	103.85
2012-02	96.33	98.79	102.51	103.76
2012-03	96.21	99.09	102.35	103.7
2012-04	96.12	99.22	102.43	103.69
2012-05	96.72	99.54	102.48	103.42
2012-06	96.76	99.55	102.46	103.62
2012-07	96.8	99.78	102.58	103.63
2012-08	97.25	100.02	102.57	103.92
2012-09	97.0	99.88	102.49	103.71
2012-10	97.74	99.9	102.56	103.73
2012-11	98.25	99.79	102.64	103.86
2012-12	98.69	99.46	102.49	103.84
2013-01	98.56	100.08	102.25	103.79
2013-02	98.88	100.29	101.97	103.76
2013-03	99.15	100.39	101.89	103.65
2013-04	99.16	100.37	101.84	103.69
2013-05	99.38	100.19	101.71	103.4
2013-06	99.61	100.21	101.85	103.4
2013-07	99.69	100.24	101.8	103.2
2013-08	100.3	100.41	101.85	103.51
2013-09	99.89	100.23	101.7	103.22
2013-10	100.04	100.05	101.47	103.08
2013-11	100.17	100.25	101.5	103.17
2013-12	100.05	100.07	101.4	103.19
2014-01	100.15	100.46	101.38	103.0
2014-02	100.28	100.37	101.28	102.89
2014-03	99.99	100.5	101.51	102.66
2014-04	99.95	100.27	101.53	102.2
2014-05	100.12	99.93	101.45	101.58
2014-06	100.15	99.86	101.2	101.47
2014-07	100.07	99.79	101.01	101.41
2014-08	100.31	99.9	100.92	101.57
2014-09	100.03	99.85	100.7	101.27
2014-10	99.91	99.81	100.61	101.01
2014-11	99.94	99.95	100.42	100.84
2014-12	100.04	99.83	100.34	100.45
2015-01	99.53	100.1	100.27	100.4
2015-02	99.76	100.11	100.19	100.39
2015-03	99.62	100.02	100.06	100.26
2015-04	99.58	100.1	99.98	100.29
2015-05	99.85	100.1	99.9	100.09
2015-06	99.94	100.0	99.88	99.81
2015-07	100.11	100.08	99.85	99.85
2015-08	100.42	100.11	99.9	100.0
2015-09	99.97	99.91	99.98	99.85
2015-10	100.11	99.81	100.02	99.77
2015-11	100.41	99.83	100.02	99.64
2015-12	100.7	99.83	99.95	99.66
2016-01	100.18	99.88	99.91	99.28
2016-02	100.19	99.81	99.81	99.28
2016-03	100.2	99.67	99.65	99.13
2016-04	100.22	99.62	99.54	99.03
2016-05	100.43	99.79	99.51	98.83
2016-06	100.13	99.82	99.5	98.89
2016-07	100.31	99.83	99.34	98.77
2016-08	100.53	99.96	99.42	99.0
2016-09	99.95	99.83	99.17	98.84
2016-10	99.87	99.8	99.1	98.94
2016-11	100.48	99.84	99.2	98.84
2016-12	100.53	99.8	99.14	99.02
2017-01	100.42	99.95	99.21	98.77
2017-02	100.45	100.0	99.13	98.79
2017-03	100.62	100.16	99.25	98.77
2017-04	100.53	100.19	99.53	98.59
2017-05	101.03	100.38	99.73	98.44
2017-06	101.19	100.36	99.79	98.72
2017-07	101.27	100.43	100.03	98.77
2017-08	101.82	100.42	100.14	98.94
2017-09	101.46	100.34	100.18	98.59
2017-10	101.48	100.3	100.05	98.78
2017-11	101.92	100.37	100.3	98.63
2017-12	101.84	100.21	100.32	98.78
2018-01	101.4	100.36	100.34	98.59
2018-02	101.91	100.36	100.3	98.69
2018-03	102.05	100.36	100.39	98.7
2018-04	101.91	100.48	100.56	98.65
2018-05	102.35	100.78	100.69	98.63
2018-06	102.31	100.71	100.74	98.32
2018-07	102.33	100.96	100.85	98.19
2018-08	102.81	101.52	101.16	98.41
2018-09	102.53	101.65	101.16	98.11
2018-10	102.33	101.74	101.2	98.18
2018-11	102.78	101.94	101.38	98.26
2018-12	102.93	102.04	101.55	98.66
2019-01	103.05	102.07	101.71	98.63
2019-02	103.7	102.81	101.97	98.58
2019-03	103.7	103.19	102.21	98.45
2019-04	103.65	103.34	102.52	98.47
2019-05	104.26	103.65	102.66	98.27
2019-06	104.7	103.65	102.74	98.37
2019-07	105.18	103.66	102.73	98.39
2019-08	106.25	103.79	102.91	98.49
2019-09	105.89	103.66	102.71	98.31
2019-10	105.9	103.69	102.88	98.24
2019-11	106.62	103.76	102.91	98.03
2019-12	107.17	103.86	103.01	98.35
2020-01	107.41	104.04	102.75	97.47
2020-02	107.37	104.24	102.77	97.74
2020-03	107.72	104.2	102.91	97.49
2020-04	108.05	104.21	103.43	97.66
2020-05	108.33	104.22	103.37	97.32
2020-06	108.25	104.16	103.19	97.02
2020-07	107.78	104.15	103.04	97.47
2020-08	108.14	104.4	103.03	97.84
2020-09	107.76	103.95	102.63	96.78
2020-10	107.39	103.77	102.5	96.96
2020-11	107.8	104.03	102.53	96.98
2020-12	108.05	103.94	102.53	97.28
2021-01	107.46	104.3	102.36	96.35
2021-02	107.96	104.3	102.23	96.88
2021-03	107.69	104.14	102.64	96.71
2021-04	107.93	104.24	102.66	96.2
2021-05	108.05	104.2	102.69	96.09

graphiquePrices of frequently purchased goods detailed by main items in hyper and supermarkets, indices (100=2015)

tableauPrices of frequently purchased goods detailed by main items

2015:100

Prices of frequently purchased goods detailed by main items (2015:100)
	Index	Changes (%) compared to
	May 2021	last month (m-o-m) (1)	12 months before (y-o-y) (2)
Food and beverages (excluding fresh foodstuffs)	104.33	0.0	-0.4
- Meat	108.05	0.1	-0.3
- Beverages	104.20	0.0	0.0
- Other food products	102.69	0.0	-0.7
Clearing and personal care products	96.09	-0.1	-1.3
Total Hyper and supermarkets	102.99	0.0	-0.5

(1) [m/(m-1)]
(2) [m/(m-12)]
Geographical coverage: metropolitan France
Source: INSEE - Consumer Price Indices

Year on year, food prices in hyper and supermarkets fell

Month on month, the prices of food (excluding fresh produces) sold in hyper and supermarkets were stable in May, after +0.1% in April. Year on year, they decreased by 0.4%, as in April.

The prices of meat sold in hyper and supermarkets rose month on month: +0.1% in May, after +0.2% in April. Year on year, the fall in their prices accentuated: –0.3% in May, after –0.1% in April.

The prices of beverages sold in hyper and supermarkets were stable in May, after +0.1% in April. Year on year, the prices of these products were stable, as in April.

The prices of other food products (excluding fresh food) were stable in May as in April. Year on year, the prices of these products fell by 0.7%, as in April.

Year on year, the prices of cleaning and personal care products sold in hyper and supermarkets declined

Month on month, the prices of cleaning and personal care products sold in hyper and supermarkets declined: –0.1% in May, after –0.5% in April. Year on year, the fall in these prices decreased: –1.3% in May, after –1.5% in April.

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The price index of frequently purchased goods in hyper and supermarkets is mainly calculated using scanner data (75%), whose collection has not been affected by the health crisis, and for the remaining part, using prices collected by INSEE collectors in physical outlets. The price index of beverage in hyper and supermarkets is carried out by 100% using scanner data, whereas that of meat by 30%, that of other food products by 76% and that of cleaning and personal care products by 98%.

The price index in the other kinds of stores is calculated only with prices collected by collectors in physical outlets.

The price collection carried out by collectors on the field was adjourned in November and December (after being adjourned from the 16 March to the 15 June of 2020) and anew from the 20 March 2021 or the 3 April 2021 (depending on departments under lockdown) to the 30 May 2021. INSEE introduced new collection methods (price collection on line, price collection by phone, increased use of scanner data) but the quality of the indices did not allow to publish the indices from April to June 2020, in November and December 2020, in April and May 2021 for the others kinds of stores than hyper and supermarkets.

For further information: A note "data quality" is available in the: https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/5010790#documentation

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