– It reverses the downward trend and rises again spending made by the Italians to baste the table for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas lunch. This year in fact been “eaten” 2.35 billion euro (+ 2% compared to 2013) for food and drink. And ‘this is the assessment given by Coldiretti. According to Codacons, however, apart from the food, the hi-tech and toys, consumption of other sectors continue to be down.
The majority of the tables were laden with menu based products or ingredients with a national estimated expenditure – concluded Coldiretti – in 900 million for fish and meats including salami, 400 million for champagne, wine and other drinks, sweets for 400 million, 350 million for vegetables, preserves, fresh fruit and dry, 200 for pasta and bread and 100 million for cheese and eggs.
Codacons: “At Christmas, consumption fell by 5%” – The Christmas 2014 closes with a general reduction in consumption of 5% over last year. The figure comes from Codacons, that consumption related to Christmas (decorations, gifts, food, travel, catering, etc.) stopped this year at an altitude of 9.8 billion. Male especially sales for clothing, footwear and decorations. In seven years, according to Codacons, the Italian have cut spoese Christmas 8.2 billion.
They resist food, hi-tech and toys – Not all areas have, however, affected by the climate of austerity, highlights the Codacons: if sales are going very badly for clothing, footwear , furnishings, decorations and travel – sectors where the drop in purchases reached -10% – food sectors, and hi-tech toys have kept pace with respect to consumption of the past years.
“Cut over 8 billion spending” – “In recent years we have witnessed a dramatic collapse in consumption Christmas in Italy, fell from the pre-crisis period to date as much as 45.5% – warns the president of Codacons, Carlo Rienzi – According to official data, in fact, in 2007, ‘the effect Christmas’, ie higher consumption for Christmas spending made in December at stores, supermarkets and shopping centers, amounted to EUR 18 billion. In 2014, instead of spending the entire Italian Christmas period has stopped to 9.8 billion euro. This means that in 7 years the families of our country have cut Christmas shopping for the big figure of 8.2 billion euro. “
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