French university students have become one of the groups hardest hit by inflation, Le Parisien reported recently. According to data from the University Student Life Observatory in 2021, 38% of university students cut back on food spending, 18% did not have enough to eat, and 16% chose not to eat for economic reasons.
From the perspective of the whole France, the situation is more serious in Toulouse, which has about 120,000 university students, and all sectors of society have taken action to help university students: in February 2022, the Toulouse University and the “Food Bank” association opened a low-cost grocery store for all university students in the city; Since the 2022 school year, a local association called Team Solidarity has delivered food packages and hygiene kits to needy college students via an app, averaging 200 deliveries per week.