Its cost is affected by seasonality, the rising cost of raw materials, packaging and logistics, and cocoa beans.
In Russia, ice cream will rise in price. The dairy treat has already risen in price by 15% (cost price), and the chocolate one by 25%. About this wrote Telegram-channel Mash.
The reason - in seasonality, rising prices for raw materials, packaging and logistics. Also affects the record price of cocoa beans. Experts expect a new jump in prices for the product.
Russia produced 14% more ice cream in January than a year earlier, 23% more in February and 14.4% more in March. In the first quarter of this year, the growth amounted to 17.22% and became an additional burden with low demand. In addition, cocoa pods and milk fats rose in price.
Cocoa bean futures were around $3,000 in May 2023 and are now at $8,000.
Producers buy cocoa in different volumes and locations. For this reason, price increases will vary. For example, not much will go up in price, but chocolate-coated creamy - quite. Everything will depend on retail chains and suppliers' markup.
The first price rise has already occurred in March-April.
In March, economist Alexander Timofeev predicted a 3-5% rise in ice cream prices in Russia this summer.
Earlier in Karelia stopped producing famous ice cream. The plant “Kholod Slavmo” in Petrozavodsk was declared bankrupt.