The criticism of one Split confectioner has been loud, as their prices are deemed extortionate to the local Croatian pocket. They have been accused of catering only to the typically deeper pockets of foreign visitors, but they have defended themselves and challenged all those who have an issue with the prices to go ahead and try to open a shop of their own, so that they might feel on their own skin how difficult it is.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, recently, something as apparently mundane as the prices of ice cream in the very centre of Split was written about rather extensively. Those prices ranged from 10 to a maximum of 15 kuna, which is twice as much as it was seven years ago. Many wrote in their comments that such figures were conditioned by the increasingly challenging and difficult market, higher purchasing costs for ingredients, water and electricity, as well as high rental costs, emphasising that “those in the hospitality industry also need to try and survive”.
Slobodna Dalmacija writes that in the meantime, three more confectioneries have opened in the centre of Split, and that one Split confectioner, they recorded the most expensive scoop of ice cream offered so far in the city under Marjan. From 13 kuna for a small portion and 18 kuna for a large portion in a cup with various toppings included.
As for ordinary scoops of ice cream, there’s apparently a new record holder in Split as well. This is the Slovenian franchise Aroma, where you will pay 16 kuna for their refreshing pleasure made without any gluten, artificial flavourso or flavour enhancers.
“We’re aware that our prices aren’t going to be being paid by Croats. But, what can you do, tourists are ready to pay for it,” one smiling saleswoman explained to the journalists from Slobodna Dalmacija.
It’s now certain that the (over) inflated rental prices (from which a mere handful profit, and most citizens of Split simply can’t afford, for example, a scoop of ice cream) dictate that you’ll now spend almost 50 kuna for three scoops of ice cream, and that if this is a path they really want to go down, those in the catering and hospitality sector, and the likes of this Split confectioner, should settle for a winter period in which business turnover in ice cream parlors is almost non-existent.
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