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Price of wheat, flour, energy, plus wages, plus packaging products, all the lights are red
."
Asked this Monday, October 25 by France Info, Dominique Anract, president of the National Confederation of French Bakery and Pastry (CNBPF), did not go all the way to explain the situation facing the profession.
According to him, an increase in the price of the baguette is to be expected in the coming weeks or even the next days if this is not already the case.
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The main reason is the soaring price of wheat, which has risen 30% since the start of the year.
In question, the mediocre harvests in Russia due to droughts and floods, which made drop the supply.
But not only.
The increases in the price of energy, which all French people undergo, also affect bakers.
If the latter have sought to limit the impact for the customer, the situation is less and less tenable.
Finally Dominique Anract points to the cost of labor: “
when you hire an employee it's 45% of charges, plus the rest.
When you sell a baguette for around one euro, you have to make it,
”he stressed.
However, he wants to put the upcoming increase in perspective: “
It would surprise me if we had an increase of 20 cents, even 10 cents would be a lot
”.
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Right now, the standard baguette costs around 90 cents in France.
For those who would see in these statements an umpteenth increase in the price of bread, the president of the CNBPF recalls on the contrary that this staple food has changed little over time: "
in 20 years, the baguette took 23 cents
" , he points out.