Datafolha research indicates that ¼ of the population claims to have less food than necessary at home; The high price of coffee leads to change of habits
A Datafolha survey, published by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo On Sunday (13.br.2025), he pointed out that 58% of Brazilians claim to have reduced the amount of food they buy because of inflation.
According to the survey, 25% of the country’s population said they had less food than enough at home. 60% said the amount is sufficient, while 13% said they had more than necessary.
In response to inflation, 80% confirmed that they made some kind of change in the food routine. For example, 61% of the population came out less home, according to the survey.
The high price of coffee, which Until March 2025, it also impacted in the habits of Brazilians. At Datafolha, 50% said they had exchanged the brand they bought for a cheaper and 49% said they had reduced drinking.
The change of habits not only affected the food routine. Half of Brazilians said they had reduced water, light and gas consumption as a measure to try to reduce costs. 47% said they started to look for another source of income to complement the gains, while 36% reduced the purchase of medicines.
Among other measures to save money mentioned in the survey, they are failing to pay debts (32%), and stop paying the home bills (26%).
RESPONSIBILITY
The survey also points out that 54% of respondents believe that the president’s government (PT) has a lot of responsibility in high food prices, while 29% attribute little responsibility to the Lula government. Only 14% said prices climbing is unrelated to the administration.
Datafolha questioned the guilty share that respondents attributed to the 5 main factors: to the Lula administration, the climate crisis, the wars around the world, the US crisis, and the farmers. According to the survey, in all social segments, more than 50% of the ears said that the federal government has great responsibility.
Among those who receive up to 2 minimum wages, 55% said the Lula government is the largest culprit and 54% attributed the responsibility to farmers. This percentage was much higher than in other social groups; Among those who receive more than 10 minimum wages, for example, the value is 41%.
The richest Brazilians are also the least attributing responsibility to wars in the world, with 40%, against a value ranging from 46% to 48% in other social segments, and the crisis in the United States, with 36%, against a percentage of 39% to 42% among other groups.
