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If there is a traditional gastronomic custom that lasts over time, it is the concept of the daily menu. A routine deeply rooted in the working week with which you usually eat good, nice and cheap. But, like the rest of the food and hospitality sector, it has also experienced an increase in prices. In fact, according to data from Hostelería de España collected in its ‘Yearbook 2023’, the prices of daily menus have increased by 3.4% over the previous year, in a context marked by inflation.
The average price of a daily menu in Spain was €13.2 in 2023. According to the report, last year the price was 12.8 €, while seven years ago, in 2016, it was about 11.7 €. In less than a decade it has become more expensive by 12.6% on average per year, while the CPI has risen by 20.6% and food and beverages have become 34% more expensive since seven years ago.
Catalonia and the Basque Country, the most expensive daily menus
By autonomous communities, Catalonia is the region where the price of a menu of the day is more expensive, with 14.5 €; followed by the Basque Country where it costs 14.2 € and Madrid where it can cost 14 €. On the other side of the table, with the average price of a menu of the day cheaper are the Canary Islands, with 11.9 €; Asturias, with 12.2 € and Andalusia with 12.3 €.
By cities, Barcelona has the most expensive average price for a menu del día, with 14.7 €, followed by Madrid, with 14.5 € and Bilbao, with 14 €. The cities where it is cheaper to eat a menu of the day are Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where it costs 11.9 €, Seville, 12.3 € and Valencia, 12.7 €.
“This price increase continues to reflect a reality and that is that the competitiveness, the value for money that the hospitality sector has in our country has an effect and a privileged position compared to other countries in the environment,” says the secretary general of the Confederation of Hotel Business in Spain, Emilio Gallego.