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Rising food prices push more than 16% of Tuscan families to cut back
More than 16% of families in Tuscany have reduced what they buy of basic foods, especially meat and fish.
The figures come from estimates by Federconsumatori, a consumer association.
Over the past year, fruit and vegetable prices in the region rose by 12%, while cherry tomatoes rose by more than 50%.
Florence has the highest estimated increase in grocery costs, at €778 per household a year; Lucca and Siena follow.
Higher transport costs and climate-related problems affecting farms are among the causes cited.
Some people are choosing discounted products, cheaper cuts of meat or smaller quantities.
Federconsumatori is calling for lower fuel taxes and changes to VAT on basic goods, which it estimates could save families more than €600 a year.
More than 16% of Tuscan families have cut purchases of essential foods, including meat and fish.
Federconsumatori says food price rises are putting pressure on household budgets across the region.
Fruit and vegetable prices rose 12% in the past year, while cherry tomatoes rose by more than 50%.
Florence had the region’s highest estimated annual increase in grocery costs, at €778 per household.
Federconsumatori Toscana called for urgent measures to protect the purchasing power of workers and pensioners.
- Who
- More than 16% of Tuscan families have reduced purchases of essential food.
- What
- Rising food prices are leading families to cut back on groceries.
- When
- The price increases are reported for the past year; the article was published on 10 October 2026.
- Where
- Tuscany, Italy, with Florence experiencing the highest estimated grocery cost increase.
- Why
- Higher transport and fuel costs, climate-related difficulties for agriculture, and wider price increases.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
La distrazione della politica, sia a livello nazionale che regionale, di fronte a quella che è ormai una vera e propria emergenza sociale ed economica
Fruit and vegetable prices in Tuscany rose 12%, while cherry tomatoes rose by more than 50%.
Corriere della Sera reported that more than 16% of Tuscan families had cut purchases of essential foods.
- Families cutting back
- More than 16% of Tuscan families
- Fruit and vegetable prices
- Up 12% in the past year
- Cherry tomatoes
- Prices rose by more than 50%
- Florence
- €778 in estimated annual grocery cost increases per household
- Lucca
- €740 in estimated annual grocery cost increases per household
- Federconsumatori estimate
- A change to VAT on essential goods could save families more than €600 a year
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