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French baker Arnaud Delmontel bakes butter croissants in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel bakes butter croissants in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel talks about butter, its price and quality in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel talks about butter, its price and quality in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel shows the layers of butter and dough in a butter croissants in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel shows the layers of butter and dough in a butter croissants in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

An employee removes bread for the oven in a bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

An employee removes bread for the oven in a bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel bakes butter croissants and "pains au chocolat" in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French baker Arnaud Delmontel bakes butter croissants and "pains au chocolat" in his bakery in Paris, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 as butter has shot up in price across Europe in recent months, adding more pain to consumers this holiday season after years of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Butter, which has been rising fast in price in much of Europe, is displayed in a grocery store in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Butter, which has been rising fast in price in much of Europe, is displayed in a grocery store in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)