add to that the increasing cost of energy, and it s a challenge, a big challenge for big coffee companies to think about how they pass on the costs to their customers who are thirsty for their morning cup of go gojuice. so i ve been catching up with the big boss of lavazza, the iconic italian coffee giant. antonio baravalle. a real pleasure having you on the show. and, antonio, let s start with this, because this week s show, we ve been talking about how difficult it is for companies to set prices. and we ve seen coffee bean prices go up quite a lot. so i m just wondering, antonio, how have you dealt with that when it comes to setting your prices? i think that all the industry faces very, very huge cost increase. and also remembering that a company like us is buying in dollars at the new york stock market. so the ratio between dollar and euro is so important. so we only partially pass the cost increase to consumers. so i would say that at least 50%
but it s still 80% more than pre covid price. add to that the increasing cost of energy, and it s a challenge, a big challenge for big coffee companies to think about how they pass on the costs to their customers who are thirsty for their morning cup of go gojuice. so i ve been catching up with the big boss of lavazza, the iconic italian coffee giant. antonio baravalle. a real pleasure having you on the show. and, antonio, let s start with this, because this week s show, we ve been talking about how difficult it is for companies to set prices. and we ve seen coffee bean prices go up quite a lot. so i m just wondering, antonio, how have you dealt with that when it comes to setting your prices? i think that all the industry faces very, very huge cost increase. and also remembering that a company like us is buying in dollars at the new york stock market. so the ratio between dollar and euro is so important. so we only partially pass the cost
the invasion of ukraine, thatjumped to $2.33 a pound. and in march this year it was trading at around $1.68. so somewhere between the two, but it s still 80% more than pre covid price. add to that the increasing cost of energy, and it s a challenge, a big challenge for big coffee companies to think about how they pass on the costs to their customers who are thirsty for their morning cup of go gojuice. so i ve been catching up with the big boss of lavazza, the iconic italian coffee giant. antonio baravalle. a real pleasure having you on the show. and, antonio, let s start with this, because this week s show, we ve been talking about how difficult it is for companies to set prices. and we ve seen coffee bean prices go up quite a lot. so i m just wondering, antonio, how have you dealt with that when it comes to setting your prices? i think that all the industry faces very, very huge cost increase. and also remembering that a company like us is buying in dollars at the new york stock marke
one year ago, after the invasion of ukraine, thatjumped to $2.33 a pound. and in march this year it was trading at around 1.68. so somewhere between the two, but it s still 80% more than pre covid price. add to that the increasing cost of energy, and it s a challenge, a big challenge for big coffee companies to think about how they pass on the costs to their customers who are thirsty for their morning cup of go gojuice. so i ve been catching up with the big boss of lavazza, the iconic italian coffee giant antonio varavella. a real pleasure having you on the show. and antonio, let s start with this, because this week s show, we ve been talking about how difficult it is for companies to to set prices. and we ve seen coffee bean prices go up quite a lot. so i m just wondering, antonio, how have you dealt with that when it comes to setting your prices? i think that all the industry faces very, very huge cost increase. and also remembering that a company like us is buying in dollars at the