From croissants to koláče: Czechs outspend the French on pastries (but waste a lot, too)

Czechs love their pastries, but spend big and waste plenty. Here’s how to store bread better and save money on your daily rohlík fix.

Expats.cz Staff

Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 22.10.2025 07:15:00 (updated on 29.10.2025) Reading time: 2 minutes

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Shutterstock by Pixel-Shot, Tereza Koudelkova, Moving Moment
Shutterstock by Pixel-Shot, Tereza Koudelkova, Moving Moment

If you thought French people splurge on baguettes, think again. Czechs are buying and discarding more baked goods than you might expect.

A recent survey by STEM/MARK for the Too Good To Go food waste app finds that 25 percent of Czechs buy baked goods (chleba, rohlíky, housky, koláče) daily, while almost 40 percent indulge more than three times a week. Supermarkets are the leading destination for these purchases (67 percent), with artisan bakeries trailing at just 7 percent.

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