Carrefour CEO: consumer demand holding up in France despite difficult environment

Carrefour SA

26/08/2026 07:54

PARIS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Consumer demand is holding up in France despite a difficult environment, said the head of Carrefour CARR.PA, which is  Europe's largest food retailer, on Wednesday.
"The French people are getting used to a crisis environment...Consumption remains rather robust", Alexandre Bompard told RTL radio.
Bompard also said that overall food prices were stable and "in a range of zero to 1%" despite a succession of heatwaves that pushed up the prices of some fruits and vegetables during the summer.
The prices of back-to-school stationary supplies were down from last year, which was also good news, he added.

 (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon;
Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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