Ice cream MOSCOW, Aug 16 electricity, while its cost will continue to rise, according to the owners of the La Peseta ice cream parlor, located in the Spanish city of Fuengirola (Autonomous Community of Andalusia). «We used to sell a small portion for 2.70 euros, now for 3 euros, and probably we you will have to raise the price to 3.10 euros, because otherwise the ice cream will not pay off,» cafe owners Nestor Baroni and Cecilio Fernandez said in an interview with El Mundo. .jpg» />The economist listed products that will begin to rise in price in the fall. According to them, ice cream today is much more expensive and less profitable than a year ago. «During this time, sugar has risen in price by 70%; the base used to make ice cream has risen in price by 50%; %; the price of cream has doubled; milk has risen in price by 10%; chocolate — by 25%, and coffee — by 30%. Even plastic spoons and trays have become more expensive: to be precise, by 60%,» they said. For ingredients, the owners of the establishment, which also serves pancakes, milkshakes and waffles, have to put up with a significant increase in electricity costs: in addition to refrigerators and freezers for food storage, which are among the most energy-intensive household appliances, they also use a butter churn, pasteurizer and air conditioning system air.» In addition to raw materials, electricity has risen 100% in price. A year ago we paid 900 euros in the middle of the high season, and this year we paid 1800 euros in May. We installed a whole bunch of counters to try to reduce consumption, but it is still impossible to reduce it,» Baroni and Fernandez quotes the publication. food in Sweden up 13.5% year-over-year To «soften» rising costs, owners have had to raise prices by 15%, while acknowledging that the establishment's profits will be much lower this year due to increased costs. It is reported that in the ice cream parlor employs five people, and another of the factors behind the increase in costs since opening in 2019 is the increase in the minimum wage, which has risen from €900 to €950 in 2021 to €1,000 in 2022 and is expected to rise again in 2023.
