The coffee break today costs Italians around 720 million euros more per year than in 2021. This was reported by Assoutenti, who carried out a survey to understand how the price of a cup of espresso consumed at a bar has changed in the last two years, which cities have the highest prices and where the most substantial increases are recorded. Compared to two years ago, today coffee consumed at the bar costs on average 11.5% more, with espresso going from a national average of 1.04 euros in 2021 to the current 1.16 euros. – analyzes Assoutenti – Only in the bars of three Italian cities, Catanzaro, Reggio Calabria and Messina, can you still drink an espresso at prices lower than 1 euro per cup, while in 22 provinces the price lists exceed 1.20 euros. The saltiest coffee is that of Bolzano, with an average of 1.34 euros per cup, followed by Trento (1.31 euros), Belluno (1.28 euros), Padua (1.27 euros), Udine (1. 26 euros) and Trieste (1.25 euros).
The cheapest city is Messina, with 0.95 euros for express, 0.99 euros in Catanzaro and Reggio Calabria. However – Assoutenti points out – it is precisely the Calabrian cities that are recording the heaviest price increases: according to official data provided by Mimit, in Cosenza coffee at the bar has increased by as much as 36.4%, passing an average of 0.88 euro of 2021 at the current 1.20 euros. In Catanzaro the price rises from 0.80 to 0.99 euros in two years, recording a +23.8%. In Pescara the increases are on average 22% (from 1 to 1.22 euros), +20.9% in Bari, +19.5% in Palermo. Bergamo, Ascoli Piceno, Trento and Syracuse recorded price increases of around +16%. The city that has increased coffee prices the least in the last two years is Aosta: +2.9%, from 1.05 euros to 1.08 euros. Followed by Lucca (+3.6%) and Cagliari (+3.8%) – Assoutenti continues. And so the blow for coffee lovers is served: considering that in Italy the latest estimates record around 6 billion coffees served every year by around 150 thousand bars in the area, the coffee break today costs citizens an impressive 720 million euros more than in 2021, with a turnover for espresso going from 6.24 billion euros two years ago to almost 7 billion euros in 2023, adds Assoutenti. “First the high bills which led to a surge in costs for public establishments, then the increases in raw materials driven by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine led to significant increases in consumption in Italian bars. – explains vice-president Gabriele Melluso – Increases in price lists which, as our data demonstrate, have not returned despite the end of the energy emergency and less prohibitive coffee prices. A clear damage to the pockets of the 5.5 million Italians who have breakfast in local bars every day. in the area, and for all those citizens who, throughout the day, do not give up the classic coffee break”.
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2023-09-24 14:38:00
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