KING CAKE : TRADITION ET REVOLUTION | M6 | 66 minutes

The French love them, and every year they buy millions of them! In January, traditional bakeries and supermarkets go to war… Who will sell the most galettes des Rois? Today, 1 in 2 galettes is sold in traditional bakeries, but this figure is constantly falling. Rising raw material prices, a crisis in purchasing power… It’s hard to find an artisanal galette for less than €25… Supermarkets want to take advantage of the crisis, and are now offering a wide range of galettes to please as many people as possible… And their promise is clear: treat yourself to something cheap, really cheap… So are supermarkets going to kill off the galette des rois market? And above all, what are these first-price galettes worth?