After the end-of-year holidays, many French people make good resolutions to start the new school year. If doing more sport or even a diet frequently come to the top of the surveys, the latter do not need to be asked to taste the galette des rois on the occasion of Epiphany. To share a friendly moment with family or friends, or even find the bean, the French will go en masse to the bakery or supermarket, Saturday January 6, 2024. Gluten-free, with hazelnut, with almond cream , brioche, with chestnut cream… There are many variations! Apart from the taste, another criterion is important for many households: its price. In 2023, some bakeries had increased the price of their galettes des rois. Due to inflation, will they cost more in 2024? Wednesday January 3, 2024, for Actu.frDominique Anract, of the National Confederation of French Bakery and Bakery-Pâtisserie, assured that no. “It remains a little tight for eggs, but the price of butter is falling again,” he estimated.
The king cake will remain accessible
Due to increasing costs of raw materials, energy and payroll, the prices of some products have increased. However, this would not be the case for the galette des rois, “with a portion for one person set between 3.50 and 5 euros”, as reported Actu.fr. However, each bakery will be able to apply the prices they wish. “Everyone decides their prices. It is therefore possible that some will revise them, because expenditure items have increased during this crisis which has affected everything. But we can be reassured, there is no explosion in prices pancakes this year, on generally remains on last year’s prices”, said Dominique Anract. The cakes should therefore sell well throughout the month. “The galette des rois is not like the Yule log which only concerns December 24/25. The galette is the whole month of January, with family, at the office, with friends, it is the cake of town halls, firefighters… It’s a moment of shared pleasure for the new year”he added.