In 2025, half of the Italians had to change their food consumption habits due to increased prices in the country, and 20 percent will have to do so within the next months. On the contrary, only 29 percent of Italian consumers did not change their behaviors.
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Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I changed my spending habits
50%
I didn't change my spending habits, but I will do so within the next months
The source does not provide further information about the methodology of the survey.
The sum of the figures may not reach 100 percent, probably due to rounding by the source.
The survey question was phrased as follows: "Negli ultimi 6 mesi, per far fronte all’aumento dei prezzi nel carrello della spesa ha dovuto modificare le sue abitudini di spesa eliminando o riducendo l’acquisto di alcune categorie di prodotti?"
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Il Sole 24 Ore. (May 1, 2025). Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/
Il Sole 24 Ore. "Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025." Chart. May 1, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/
Il Sole 24 Ore. (2025). Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/
Il Sole 24 Ore. "Share of Italians Who Changed Their Food Spending Behaviors Due to Inflation in 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/
Il Sole 24 Ore, Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/ (last visited June 13, 2025)
Share of Italians who changed their food spending behaviors due to inflation in 2025 [Graph], Il Sole 24 Ore, May 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1615482/italy-inflation-changes-food-spending-habits/
