Confucius News department reported that French points, on February 8 winter vegetable producers and large dealer says, because stranded in France as a cold in winter, and the price of vegetables in the next few days will be increased. The French Legumes DE France chairman Angelique Delahaye confirmed that "our inventory in the next week, if the temperature of the daytime running out remains below freezing of words, the workers would not picking fruit, and product spruce, prices".
Before the cold wave, France in a warm winter, consumers on the winter vegetables (green, cabbage, turnips, carrot) needs is not big, producers have to put the products stored in the refrigerator. By the influence of the cold wave, consumers increased the demand for seasonal vegetables. Angelique Delahaye says, "is still can't say prices have risen, some commodity and even in sales promotion, but next week will greatly changed."
The French agriculture service, director of the department of Mathieu Pecqueur explained, "along with the increase of consumption demand, winter vegetable prices will rise slightly, increase in several cent". Mathieu Pecqueur to Onions, for example, and the green Onions per kilogram of the purchase price, rose 3 cent, accordingly, the retail price is up 3 cent. He said that, "the supplies of food is guaranteed, also won't appear the price rise considerably".