(Finance) – The 9% of consumers plan to spend over 30 euros for a kilo of carnival dessertswhile most, about the 91%, will spend between 16 and 20 euros. This is what emerges from the data published by Altroconsumowho interviewed 800 consumers of the ACMAKERS Communityasking them which carnival desserts prefer and which they will eat. To have a clear idea on the costs of these desserts, Altroconsumo analyzed 49 points of sale, including bakeries, pastry shops and supermarkets, in Rome and Milan.
The chatter cost on average 28.80 euros per kilowhile i Tortelli (or Castagnole) about 30 euros per kilo. Interesting to note that the average prices of the chatter, if compared with those of the survey Altroconsumo of 2024, are 5% increased and tortelli, however, by +7%.
Comparing prices in the various stores it emerged that contact large retailers It is the most effective way to save. The price of chatter in supermarkets or hypermarkets is about a third Compared to that in the bakeries and a quarter in the pastry shops. In every type of store the prices are quite varied and the fork between minimum and Massimo is large. In hypermarkets and supermarkets for chatter you can spend 6.36 euros per kilo up to 12.76 euros per kilo. In the bakery the prices range from 13 euros per kilo to 55 euros per kilo, while in pastry shops the prices vary from 20 to 60 euros per kilo.
For tortelli (or pancakes), however, the price in large retailers is about half of the price in bakeries and pastry shops. Depending on the store, it can be spent from 9.40 euros to 22.60 euros per kilo in hypermarkets in supermarkets; While in the bakeries and pastry shops the prices are higher and start from 18 euros per kilo until they reach 55 euros per kilo.
Among the consumers of the Acmakers Community 9 out of 10 will eat the chatteralso known as Frappe O ‘Bugie’, while more than 1/3 prefers tortelli tortelli (Castagnole) and about 1/4, however, without any kind of filling. But these are certainly not the only desserts typical of the Carnival period, there are also such resels, thousand, zeppole, struffoli, staples, crushed, sweet ravioli, cicerchiata and pancakes of all kinds.
Half of consumers who responded to the questionnaire will eat homemade dessertsbut about 1/3 of the interviewees will resort to solutions purchased in supermarkets, bakeries or pastry shops. About three out of four interviewees think that less good products are acquired in the supermarket than those of the pastry or homemade ones, while about 15% are of the idea that there are no differences between the two and, instead, a small minority there Find even better.