Wth I dont know where my text went but I actually paid attention to what I buy for once and also went to Lidl for a change and I only paid 47 Eur for all of this. Much cheaper than Spain for example and you make like half the salary for the same job.
You really end up saving a lot of money without buying meat.
The only people that really disagree with this are Germans who haven’t lived anywhere else and are upset that prices went up after COVID etc. By and large German grocery prices are pretty fucking low as long as you stick with the discounters and aren’t going wild on the name brand stuff.
They aren’t. Many people seriously lack perspective and have no clue how much groceries are in other countries with lower income. A perspective you won’t really get by only going vacationing for a week every once in a while.
My partner lives there and I in France. I find that we can go to a fancy shop over there like Tegut or Edeka and buy a lot more than I can at Carrefour for the same amount of money.
Me too. Most people who post about this here buy expensive stuffs, Bio and fancy labels. I always look the best option, not necessarily the cheapest one.
The thing is: they were 30% cheaper 3 years ago 😁
It is not an unpopular opinion, but a well-known fact that groceries are quite cheap in Germany.
If it is fresh fish, it is quite expensive. The rest is not that bad
Rent, taxes and energie are so expensive, that the higher prices for groceries hit low income families very hard. If you have nothing left, even a small raise can knock you out.
It’s not an opinion. It’s a fact. Groceries cost more in a lot of other European countries. Even countries with a lower average income.
Germany has among the cheapest groceries in the world adjusted for purchasing power
Me neither. Around the same price as my home country, but the minimum wage here is almost the double.
It’s just relative. They are cheap compared to similar countries, but they are way more expensive than a few years ago.
It’s the energy price shooting up that makes people feel they can get less for groceries
Germany has the cheapest groceries compared to other industrialized countries. The prices have increased by 20-30 % over the past couple of years. Imagine how cheap everything was before.
German supermarkets are quite good price wise, considering how wealthy a country is. I’d say 20% more expensive than Spain; but German salaries are twice the Spanish ones so you save more
I like food. I like German food prices.
coldest take I have ever seen
I have never understood why people say they are. if you try hard enough you can make any shop expensive. i have found the prices here just fine.
I’m from Austria and I honestly marvel every time I’m at the cash register in Germany. I usually do a rough estimate of what I’m about to pay in my head, and in Austria I usually underestimate the amount, and in Germany I always overestimate it. On Austrian subreddits it’s almost like a running joke to compare random products, even products manufactured in Austria, and find that in Germany they’re way cheaper, and this includes everything from groceries, beer, toiletries, Ikea,…
I’m a student on a tight budget so I know most of the prices for basic groceries by heart, and in Germany most products are 10-20% cheaper. Yes, in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, most basic groceries are somewhat cheaper, but brand name products are often more expensive, and vegan and organic stuff is more expensive there as well. In Italy, you can find some cheaper stuff, especially produce, oil etc, but France, the Netherlands and London (don’t know the rest of the UK…) are somewhat between Germany and Austria.
When I moved from the USA to here I was shocked at how cheap groceries were… Then when I returned home for a visit and I was shocked at how the prices of things increased over such a short period of time in the states.
It’s not expensive compared to other countries. But if I make a comparison between what I spent in 2020 (when I moved here) to what I spend now, it definitely increased.
As a neutral (huehue) Swiss, having lived near the German border and now live near the border to Italy; Germany is noticeably cheaper for groceries than Italy. All the while Germany has better salaries, healthcare and lower taxes than Italy. So, if anyone has any right to complain it’s probably Italy.
*laughs in New Zealand grocery prices*
I don’t even do the currency conversion in my head anymore because it just pains me, but man I miss German grocery pricing.
They arent. People who complain about it mostly buy premium food and then ask why is it so expensive
Fruits and vegetables are expensive. I do not find the rest expensive.
Meanwhile in Canada here we are getting absolutely robbed by grocery prices.
Germany, the land of cheap groceries
I have a super cheap friend from the USA, Texas, to be more specific, and she compliants all the time how expensive things are here. She goes mostly to Discounters, so I feel she overreacts with the prices! I’m from Latin America, and I feel here things can be cheap depending on where you buy them. Vegetables and such are expensive, but it makes sense when they are exported.
I was never in the USA. Maybe Texas is a cheaper place than other big cities 🤔
this is food for one person and 3 days. almost 50€. for 30 days you need 500€
so if you are a family with 5 children and 2 adults, you will need 1500€ a month minimum. not much for millionaires of course. for the average income or lower income families this is a lot, or everything of the income.
Prices have climbed significantly in the past two years but it’s still some of the best value in the developed world.
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Wth I dont know where my text went but I actually paid attention to what I buy for once and also went to Lidl for a change and I only paid 47 Eur for all of this. Much cheaper than Spain for example and you make like half the salary for the same job.
You really end up saving a lot of money without buying meat.
The only people that really disagree with this are Germans who haven’t lived anywhere else and are upset that prices went up after COVID etc. By and large German grocery prices are pretty fucking low as long as you stick with the discounters and aren’t going wild on the name brand stuff.
They aren’t. Many people seriously lack perspective and have no clue how much groceries are in other countries with lower income. A perspective you won’t really get by only going vacationing for a week every once in a while.
My partner lives there and I in France. I find that we can go to a fancy shop over there like Tegut or Edeka and buy a lot more than I can at Carrefour for the same amount of money.
Me too. Most people who post about this here buy expensive stuffs, Bio and fancy labels. I always look the best option, not necessarily the cheapest one.
The thing is: they were 30% cheaper 3 years ago 😁
It is not an unpopular opinion, but a well-known fact that groceries are quite cheap in Germany.
If it is fresh fish, it is quite expensive. The rest is not that bad
Rent, taxes and energie are so expensive, that the higher prices for groceries hit low income families very hard. If you have nothing left, even a small raise can knock you out.
It’s not an opinion. It’s a fact. Groceries cost more in a lot of other European countries. Even countries with a lower average income.
[https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/36336/umfrage/preisniveau-fuer-nahrungsmittel-und-alkoholfreie-getraenke-in-europa/](https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/36336/umfrage/preisniveau-fuer-nahrungsmittel-und-alkoholfreie-getraenke-in-europa/)
Germany has among the cheapest groceries in the world adjusted for purchasing power
Me neither. Around the same price as my home country, but the minimum wage here is almost the double.
It’s just relative. They are cheap compared to similar countries, but they are way more expensive than a few years ago.
It’s the energy price shooting up that makes people feel they can get less for groceries
Germany has the cheapest groceries compared to other industrialized countries. The prices have increased by 20-30 % over the past couple of years. Imagine how cheap everything was before.
German supermarkets are quite good price wise, considering how wealthy a country is. I’d say 20% more expensive than Spain; but German salaries are twice the Spanish ones so you save more
I like food. I like German food prices.
coldest take I have ever seen
I have never understood why people say they are. if you try hard enough you can make any shop expensive. i have found the prices here just fine.
I’m from Austria and I honestly marvel every time I’m at the cash register in Germany. I usually do a rough estimate of what I’m about to pay in my head, and in Austria I usually underestimate the amount, and in Germany I always overestimate it. On Austrian subreddits it’s almost like a running joke to compare random products, even products manufactured in Austria, and find that in Germany they’re way cheaper, and this includes everything from groceries, beer, toiletries, Ikea,…
I’m a student on a tight budget so I know most of the prices for basic groceries by heart, and in Germany most products are 10-20% cheaper. Yes, in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, most basic groceries are somewhat cheaper, but brand name products are often more expensive, and vegan and organic stuff is more expensive there as well. In Italy, you can find some cheaper stuff, especially produce, oil etc, but France, the Netherlands and London (don’t know the rest of the UK…) are somewhat between Germany and Austria.
When I moved from the USA to here I was shocked at how cheap groceries were… Then when I returned home for a visit and I was shocked at how the prices of things increased over such a short period of time in the states.
It’s not expensive compared to other countries. But if I make a comparison between what I spent in 2020 (when I moved here) to what I spend now, it definitely increased.
As a neutral (huehue) Swiss, having lived near the German border and now live near the border to Italy; Germany is noticeably cheaper for groceries than Italy. All the while Germany has better salaries, healthcare and lower taxes than Italy. So, if anyone has any right to complain it’s probably Italy.
*laughs in New Zealand grocery prices*
I don’t even do the currency conversion in my head anymore because it just pains me, but man I miss German grocery pricing.
They arent. People who complain about it mostly buy premium food and then ask why is it so expensive
Fruits and vegetables are expensive. I do not find the rest expensive.
Meanwhile in Canada here we are getting absolutely robbed by grocery prices.
Germany, the land of cheap groceries
I have a super cheap friend from the USA, Texas, to be more specific, and she compliants all the time how expensive things are here. She goes mostly to Discounters, so I feel she overreacts with the prices! I’m from Latin America, and I feel here things can be cheap depending on where you buy them. Vegetables and such are expensive, but it makes sense when they are exported.
I was never in the USA. Maybe Texas is a cheaper place than other big cities 🤔
this is food for one person and 3 days. almost 50€. for 30 days you need 500€
so if you are a family with 5 children and 2 adults, you will need 1500€ a month minimum. not much for millionaires of course. for the average income or lower income families this is a lot, or everything of the income.
Prices have climbed significantly in the past two years but it’s still some of the best value in the developed world.