He breakfastone of the moments of consumption that is currently growing in Spain, shoot your prices 8% in the last yeardue to Products such as coffee, chocolate or eggswhose prices go up to almost 20%.
Specifically, The price of a traditional breakfast, which is formed by coffee, milk, sugar and toasted with oil, is more than average 8% in the last yearwell above the CPI, which is 2.7%, while last year increased 5%, so breakfast in Spain accumulates a growth of almost 14% in the last two yearsaccording to the analysis by Javier Rivas, professor of EAE Business School.
The increase of the increase: the coffee price increase
The report confirms that this increase has influenced, especially, the coffeeone of the favorite drinks in Spanish homes in the morning, whose value has shot 20.2%, compared to 4.3% of 2024. Besides, The price of milk has registered an increase of 4.3%although this has been partially compensated by the drop in the price of sugar of 19.3%.
However, this panorama does not improve for those consumers who prefer An infusion, coffee or hot chocolatesince its price has risen more than 16.7%confirming the upward trend of the previous two years, in which its increase is approaching 40%. Also, the Penchers and confectionery productscommon in breakfasts of many homes and coffee shops, have registered moderate growth, somewhat less than 2%while bread and cereals have barely risen 0.3%.
The analysis highlights the slowdown in the olive oil pricewhich is a classic and a usual complement to breakfast toast. Thus, Rivas points out that The cost of olive oil lows just over 40%while the rest of the oils rises 18%, which consolidates this variety of breakfast as one of the most popular in the different territories.
“Breakfast has always been a meal with basic foods And therefore, accessible to many families and establishments of hospitality. However, the indicator that measures the prices inflation of the main foods consumed at breakfast, such as cocoa, coffee, wheat or milk, among others, confirms a important price increase. In Spain, coffee increases, chocolate, and derivatives reflect a worrying trend, which could influence a change in habits among citizensreducing the amount of some products and/or skipping this necessary morning food“Javier Rivas said.
