2023-07-22 11:02:00
According to figures from the CRIOC (Center for Research and Information of Consumer Organizations), the price of a cone of fries had already doubled in price from 2001 to 2011.
Since then, inflation has continued with us and where it was possible to find a cone of fries between €1.50 and €1.80 in 2002, today you will have to count between €2.50 and €4 to get the precious sesame.
Beer, ice cream, mussels, fries, waffles: these five star products of the summer whose price has exploded in 20 years
The “frituristes” have suffered a lot from the repeated crises of recent years. Rising energy prices have already done a lot of damage to chip shops, particularly because of the equipment used to produce chips. We can add to this, the explosion in the price of the kilo of fat, which went from €17 to €26 and also the ban on the use of single-use plastic utensils in HORECA, which came into force in January 2021. A very good initiative to fight once morest the spread of plastic waste and pollution, but these utensils had to be replaced by more expensive alternative solutions for fryers.
It didn’t take much more for some establishments to be threatened with closure. For the vast majority of fries stand owners, it is out of the question to reduce the quality of the products or to reduce the size of the portions served to cover the expenses. It is up to consumers to live with these prices if they still want to enjoy this national treasure for a long time.
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