Butter too expensive? MP Kasprzyk found a simple solution. “We all need to save some money.”
Recently, butter prices in Poland have reached a distastefully high level. When asked about this issue, the Polish 2050 MP firmly stated that he ate a roll without lubrication.
Food market experts announce that increasingly higher production costs, climate change and the geopolitical situation will inevitably lead to an increase in the prices of dairy products. Rising electricity prices and higher costs of animal feed are also starting to be visible on the consumer side.
Butter prices keep going up
– Recently, we have been dealing with reduced milk production, which translates into record prices of dairy products on the European Exchange EEX. Lower supply on the market becomes a strong impulse for the increase in butter prices that we are currently observing – explained Dr. Krzysztof Łuczak, co-author of the report by Hiper-Com Poland, UCE Research and the BLIX Group showing the reasons for price increases, in an interview with Business Insider.
The price of this particular product has been rising for several months, illustrating both local and global difficulties in the dairy sector. New European Union regulations that force the introduction of more ecological, but also expensive production technologies do not help either. Experts estimate that the increases may amount to as much as several percent by the end of next year.
MP Kasprzyk found the answer to expensive butter: Don’t eat it
Most politicians admit that rising prices are a serious problem. The opposition uses the opportunity to attack the government, and politicians from the October 15 coalition are trying to show understanding and concern about the situation. Not everyone though. The statement of the Polish 2050 MP, who simply said that you can always eat a dry roll, was widely echoed.
– The price is indeed higher, but today I will tell you that I ate a roll without butter and it was edible too – said MP Rafał Kasprzyk with a smile. – We all need to save a little too – he added after a while in a more serious tone, giving even more fuel to his political opponents.
Marcin Warchoł from PiS took advantage of the St. Nicholas gift. The former deputy minister of justice quoted his colleague from the Third Way on social media with his comment. “The December 13 coalition led to the highest price increase in history in one year, and now its MP Rafał Kasprzyk from Poland 2050 has advice for Poles: you need to save money and eat a roll without butter,” he wrote.
