(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 07 - In the pandemic period, relative to 2020, the food expenditure of Italians amounted to 160 billion euros, + 1.9% real compared to the previous year, with the most intense use of proximity points of sale , from supermarkets to neighborhood stores, as well as e-commerce.
Overall, 75.8% of Italians are confident that the supply chain, even in an emergency, will ensure the necessary supplies of food products.
This was revealed by the Observatory of the agricultural world "The relaunched value of the food supply chain and its protagonists" of Enpaia (National Insurance Agency for Employees and Employees in Agriculture) -Censis.
According to the report, 83.1% of Italians when choosing what to eat are attentive to the impact on health, while 93.5% reuse the food left over from lunches and dinners, in a way of reducing waste.
80.5% buy zero kilometer food products.
The researchers underline that in the vision of the Italians the link between good food, travel and conviviality remains evident: 61.8% want to resume traveling, also to discover gastronomic specialties.
"The data - comments Giorgio Piazza, president of the Enpaia Foundation - are extremely interesting as they confirm that agriculture has shown great strength, linked to its ability to react to the emergency and to give guarantees and security to citizens."
"Good food - says Giuseppe De Rita,
president Censis - was one of the refugees of the pandemic period, and the Italians never remained without the expense they wanted.
The food supply chain, starting from the agricultural world, will retain its role as a protagonist of the Italian economy and society in the restart ". (ANSA).
