FOOD CHECK. The release of the food check could take place in the coming weeks, first at the departmental level. All info.
[Mis à jour le 9 mars 2023 à 11h05] In an unprecedented inflationary context (+13.3% in January over one year for the food sector), the food voucher should see the light of day in 2023. As announced by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on March 6: ” There will be a food check for the most modest. This food check will be made on a territorial basis, no doubt the department in order to be as close as possible to consumers and producers. An experiment will be launched in the coming months.” The Rural Families association has already proposed to the government the establishment of a monthly aid of 65 euroscorresponding to the lack of a family of two adults and two children to eat properly, according to the Observatory of annual prices published on February 22, 2023.
The fund for sustainable food aid of 60 million euros, desired by Elisabeth Borne (who could take charge of the food voucher) could be managed by certain large national networks, and regional prefects through “local projects”. “The latter” will be able to support initiatives (…) between farmers, producers who will also be able to offer short circuits for quality food.
Originally, in the first food voucher project, the scholarship studentsthe beneficiaries of housing benefits (PLA) even if they no longer live with their parents, as well as the beneficiaries of social minima like the RSA, theSSAI’AAHor even theASPA should have benefited from the food voucher. Finally, the latter received the inflation bonus, or exceptional back-to-school bonus of 100 euros on September 15th. The government should communicate quickly about the new beneficiaries of this system which should “finally” see the light of day, in 2023, despite significant implementation constraints.
The possible food check corresponding to the aid of 60 million euros is not on the program of the 2023 budget. So, it is difficult to know the exact terms of this new food check, and a potential payment date if a such a formula was retained for 2023.
If the recommendations of the association Rural families were to convince the government, this “new look” food check could see the light of day in the course of 2023. However, no exact date has yet been communicated despite the latest announcements by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, on Monday March 6.