Noa Moussa, edited by Ugo Pascolo 06:13, May 05, 2022

After the difficult period of the health crisis, inflation is on the way to becoming the new nightmare of the restaurateurs met by Europe 1. Faced with the increase in prices, the latter are forced to increase their prices, or to operate changes in their menu to limit breakage by removing the foods whose costs have soared the most.

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"There is an impact on all goods: eggs, cream, butter, flour, cold cuts, vegetables, fish, meat, everything has increased!"

The manager of this Italian restaurant in the 15th arrondissement of the capital is far from smiling.

And for good reason, in addition to gas, electricity and supermarkets, inflation is hitting restaurants hard.

A blow all the harder since the sector, very hard hit during the health crisis, has been on the rise since the easing of restrictions.

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"If there is still an increase, there it may be complicated"

Faced with rising costs, you have no choice but to raise prices.

Here the lunch menu therefore displays an extra euro.

A relatively measured increase that customers are ready to accept.

But beware, they too are victims of inflation in their daily lives, and it should not go beyond that.

"If there is still an increase, there it risks being complicated", confirms at the microphone of Europe 1 Prisca, client and young thirty-year-old.

"Of course, we will always go because we like to share moments in the restaurant with our colleagues or with our loved ones. But on the other hand, indeed, I will go there much less."

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"I pay five euros for the oil excluding taxes when it was 1.65 euros"

So to avoid having to increase their prices, and risk losing some of their customers, some restaurateurs make another choice: remove certain items from the menu.

"I pay five euros for the oil excluding taxes whereas it was 1.65 euros before. Suddenly, we are starting to stop making fries on the menu", explains Aziz, restaurateur.

And he warns that if prices continue to rise, it's not just fries that will no longer be on the menu, since it is the sustainability of his establishment that will be threatened.