Poles can spend the equivalent of 381 apartments on donuts on Fat Thursday

If every Pole buys just one donut on Fat Thursday, the total spending could amount to PLN 176 million, the equivalent of 381 two-room apartments in the country's largest cities. An average Pole eats two-three donuts on Fat Thursday, according to HRE Investments.

HRE Investments estimates that a donut made according to a traditional recipe, fried in lard and filled with rose jam, should cost PLN 4.63 this year, 31% more than in the previous year. In the valuation, the analysts took into account not only the prices of semi-finished products, but also the costs of labor, energy, and margins of confectionaries. Due to high production costs, some confectioners may be forced to accept lower margins than in previous years.