But are you profitable?

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Of course, I have enough to live on, I manage to save. But I don't have a goal to chase money. Whatever happens, happens.

- What is your pricing policy? How often do you increase the cost of your work? Will you leave the same price in Sochi?

- At first, yes, but then – maybe I’ll raise it. And in Barnaul, I raised prices every year. And for Barnaul, my prices are high. For Moscow, of course, they are not high.

- How did you deal with changing prices of ingredients?

- In any case, I keep the price for about six months. Usually, starting from the New Year, I warn customers that the price has changed.

- Perhaps the currency fluctuations have raised the price of ingredients?

- Yes, the prices for many ingredients have increased significantly. Moreover, the price for the same product has increased several times a year. But I don’t have a situation where the cost of cream has purchase zalo user data increased and I immediately raise my price. I keep the price for some time. Usually, price changes occur at the end or middle of the year.

- How do suppliers raise prices? Do they explain anything?

- Yes, sometimes they explained that it was due to the growth of the dollar exchange rate. But usually they simply announced that in two weeks or from a certain month the cost of the product would be different, after which they would drop their new price list.

- Have you encountered any negative feedback from customers after raising prices?

- No, in all this time only once did they write: "It's expensive, we'll hold off for now." Despite the price increase, everyone continues to order, there have never been any questions even from those who already ordered from me at the old price.

- In general, has the crisis affected your orders?

- No, it didn't.

- Are master classes more profitable than custom cakes?

- I didn't think about profit in this sense. It depends on how many cakes to order are made per day. But overall, it's probably 50/50 in terms of profit.