ATM scam: 6 traps to avoid in 2023
If on the one hand, ATMs are becoming increasingly rare in the country, on the other hand, scams are always more and more numerous. Indeed, the number of ATMs is decreasing every year. It...
“Bank run” in the United States: should we fear the same phenomenon in France?
A real wind of panic crossed the United States. On the other side of the Atlantic, the images of the endless queues in front of ticket machines have gone around the world. In less...
Retail: can you pay for your shopping in installments?
FranceInfo has created its basket of food products to measure the inflation rate on 37 everyday foodstuffs. Their March 2023 publication reveals a 16.6% year-on-year increase in their basket in February 2023. Among the...
Fuel shortage: the 5 departments still in difficulty
The strikes in the refineries of the TotalEnergies group dating from the start of the school year have left motorists with very bad memories. Since March 7, the CGT-Chemistry has been behind the blocking...
Linky meter: the new commissioning tariffs for 2023
Since its appearance, the Linky counter has caused a lot of ink to flow. This smart meter is indeed considered too intrusive by a significant number of network users. EDF claims that the smart...
Anti-inflation quarter: the 7 participating supermarkets
This Wednesday, March 15 marks the launch of the "anti-inflation quarter" announced by Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, a week earlier. This scheme aims to offer "the lowest possible price" on a...
Shortages in supermarkets: the forecast for the coming months
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have witnessed repeated shortages in supermarkets in France. Sometimes mustard, sometimes meat, the products concerned are numerous and change regularly. But the war in Eastern...
Taxes 2023: the schedule for the tax return available
Kick-off for the 2023 tax return campaign. According to exclusive information from our colleagues at Capital, we will soon have to watch for the arrival of the postman: the paper forms will be sent...
Massive meat recall: the 6 products to bring back to the supermarket
At the dawn of human civilization, our ancestors practiced picking to obtain fruits, legumes or seeds, and hunted in order to be able to consume meat. Hunting being very dangerous and bringing back a...
Life insurance: 30, 55, 70… The key ages for saving
Where to start? How much to set aside? In savings, there is no universal answer valid for everyone. However, there are some good practices to know to optimize your investments, your budget and, more...
Financial aid: the new CAF measures to simplify your procedures
In 2022, Emmanuel Macron presented his new program for the next five years at the time of the presidential elections. Among the key measures was the pension reform which must be voted on Thursday...
PER: 10 mistakes not to make to optimize your savings
The retirement savings plan, more commonly known as PER, is a retirement savings product available since October 1, 2019. There are 3 different types of PER, intended for different audiences: the collective company PER,...
Retail: consumer associations question the Egalim 1 law
This Monday, March 6, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire announced the implementation of an "anti-inflation quarter" operation. Inherited from the anti-inflation basket project, the operation in question provides for the possibility...
Linky meter: watch out for ant attacks
After a few snowy episodes of the season, the first heat of spring will make a comeback, to everyone's delight... Only with the return of the heat, surprising things can happen, such as your...
Massive recall of oranges: the 6 brands concerned
In recent months, many massive recalls on food or household products have been reported. The Rappel Conso site is responsible for alerting the French to products presenting a potential health hazard. Managed by three...
Withholding tax: soon equality in couples?
Soon spring, the return of good weather and… the tax return, even if in reality, the deduction at source, whether you are retired or active, makes life much easier in terms of procedures. However,...
Disappearing red coins: what is a problem?
For several years, the French State has been preparing its fellow citizens for the disappearance of coins, yet Europe has still not made it official. According to L'Humanité, at the end of December 2022,...
Supermarket: some stores equip food products with locks
"Poverty makes thieves like love makes poets". This Indian proverb seems to apply perfectly to the reality of recent months. With the health, ecological and geopolitical crisis that France is currently going through, households...
Money: can a 20 euro note make you rich?
Inflation continues to climb in all sectors (food, gasoline, energy) and families are not seeing the end of it. Some even struggle to feed themselves despite the various operations offered by large retailers such...
Large distribution: which large surface is open on Sunday?
Stores open on Sunday? The debate is still raging: if for some Sunday is a day dedicated to rest, for others the convenience of shopping in this free time is not negligible. Although prohibited...
Inflation: these 10 products that 70% of French people can no longer afford
Since autumn 2022, prices have been on the rise in supermarkets. At the start of 2023, for the same basket of food products, prices have soared by 14.5% in one year. This increase weighs...
Bank card: the new method to follow to facilitate your online purchases
According to INSEE, 69.1% of the population made at least one online purchase in 2021, all ages combined. In 2009, this figure was 39%. Buying on the internet has therefore become more democratic with...
Inflation: the 12 products whose price has increased the most in supermarkets
Inflation has been climbing steadily for many months now. War in Ukraine, strikes, drought, fuel shortages, rising energy prices: the factors contributing to this ever-increasing price are many and compounding. In supermarkets, the price...
Anti-inflation basket: in which supermarkets will it be available?
The year 2022 has been merciless with the purchasing power of French women and men. According to INSEE figures, inflation reached 5.2% on average over the year as a whole. Some everyday products have...
Carrefour, Super U, Leclerc…: 8 supermarkets pinned for lack of transparency
This Thursday, February 2, the Climate Action Network, more commonly known as RAC, published its report on the issue of food and climate in the policies of the main retail chains. The numbers don't...
Taxes: 3 ways to lower them in 2023
A dreaded but obligatory moment. Every year, the French are obliged to declare their income to the tax authorities, generally in the spring. In a few weeks, you will therefore have to go to...
System U anti-inflation basket: the 11 products it contains
Good news for the purchasing power of the French. In recent weeks, the government announced the creation of an anti-inflation basket in various voluntary supermarkets, but discussions are still ongoing. Content of the cart,...
Anti-inflation basket: the date finally revealed
Faced with the increase in generalized prices, it was time to act and offer solutions to the French. Indeed, according to INSEE figures, over one year, consumer prices increased by 2.9% in January 2022,...
Electricity prices: who is affected by the 15% increase on February 1?
A new rise in a few hours. The electricity bills of the French have only been getting heavier for a few months and this is not going to improve this Wednesday, February 1st with...
Energy consumption: should we stop using household appliances like in the 1970s?
At a time of climatic upheavals and an inflation phenomenon that has affected the entire planet for almost a year (6.5% in France, 9% in the United States and even more than 20% in...
Employment: the 10 professions that will recruit the most by 2030
This Tuesday, January 24, France Stratégie and Dares, which is none other than the statistics body attached to the Ministry of Labour, published a new study on the employment sector in metropolitan France. In...
Savings: can you open a PER in retirement?
Among the options on the table to prepare for retirement, the Retirement Savings Plan (PER). The latter allows you to save throughout your working life to obtain, once the time of retirement comes, a...
Supermarket: cheese, rice, compotes… All foods recalled this week
Many products are the subject of voluntary recalls throughout France this week. Among them are a large number of vegan products. These are, for the most part, "fake cheeses" made from almond vegetable milk...
TESTIMONY. I never want to retire
Retirement is the stage of a lifetime. For some, it is synonymous with a well-deserved rest. For others, it arouses the fear of isolation, the lowering of the standard of living... Or the fear...
Purchasing power: the 6 products whose price fell in 2022
Ever higher prices. The French have been feeling the brunt of inflation for several months and the situation will not improve in 2023, according to the grim forecasts of Michel-Edouard Leclerc. In 2022, it...
Rice recall: the 6 supermarkets that sold it
If you are a big rice eater, you will have to be particularly vigilant these days. Indeed, rice from the Taureau Ailé brand is the subject of a voluntary recall across the whole of...
Post office, bread distributor… These services that we could find at Toujust
A newcomer who could well shake up the world of mass distribution. With his Toujust brand, Fabrice Gerber does not lack ambition since with this supermarket he intends to offer "quality products, made in...
Leclerc supermarkets: where are the 10 cheapest stores in France?
Many French people systematically go shopping at E. Leclerc. This retail giant was born in France in 1949. It was none other than Edouard Leclerc himself who opened the first brand in his native...
Livret A at 3%: don’t wait until February 1 to take advantage of the...
This is good news for savers at the start of 2023, the increase in the rate of remuneration of the livret A, to an unprecedented level since 2009, will do good for the morale...
Rare currency: the 1 Franc coins that are worth the most
The French franc has survived times and crises: from the Ancien Régime to the Second World War via the Revolution. However, in 1992, its fate was sealed by the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty...