The price of gas, that of electricity, of gasoline and now that of the baguette. The increase in the price of wheat “by 30%” [et qui doit « encore augmenter »] directly affects that of the flour. And since flour is the raw material for bread, the price of the baguette could swell in the days to come. This is without counting the surge in energy prices and charges. Today sold at 0.90 euros on average in France, the baguette could sell for up to ten cents more.
“It would surprise me that we have an increase of 20 cents, even ten cents that would be a lot”, however tempered, this Monday on Franceinfo, Dominique Anract, President of the National Confederation of Bakery and Pastry (CNBPF). However, an increase appears “logical” in the eyes of the president who adds: “Price of wheat, flour, energy, more wages, more packaging products, all the lights are red. “
The This decision will be up to each baker who is free to set his prices, often depending on his location and his wage burden. And the president of the CNBPF to recall the president of the CNBPF “in twenty years, the baguette has taken 23 cents”.