Topic: Food prices in Germany - Tell me what you want to know - page 4. (Read 1003 times)

Other countries affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine were Germany and the Netherlands,
in the netherlands too
two-thirds of the cooking oil in the Netherlands comes from Ukraine and Russia.
So it's not surprising that their country was also affected, maybe the Netherlands and Germany had to look for oil supplies from other countries.

Where do you see price hikes most overall?  I think right now here in the United States inflation sits somewhere around 8-9%, but there are certain food items that are up sky high, anywhere from 10-60%.  Seafood and steak I know are two different food types that have skyrocketed. 

My ice cream has gone up a good bit as well as the plant based meats that I eat, those have all gone up a good bit.  This sucks!

I guess the questions are what WERE the prices vs what are the prices and what is availability REALLY like.
Obviously there is a lot of oil on those shelves BUT was there 2x of it last week was the €2 bottle €1 last week?

Here in the US you can see people running around screaming 'inflation is killing everything' but I can say because I am a REALLY boring person I am just not seeing it.

I get more or less the same grocery items from the same stores time after time after time and can say it's up a little, but at worst 5%. My pack of totally unhealthy chocolate chip muffins went from $5.49 to $5.79 the milk I dunk them in went from $4.89 to $5.09. BUT bananas went from $0.29 each to $0.25 each at one place and $0.49 / lb to $0.45 a lb at another. The bottle of salad dressing has not changed price. The cases of seltzer are still 3 for $12.

The frozen box lunches I keep in the freezer at work have actually gone both ways. I have 2 brands that I buy regularly they both used to be the same price $4.49. One went from $4.49 to $3.99 the other went from $4.49 to $4.99 so guess which one I am buying.

I guess it could be what I buy or where I shop but I really don't know. I am not seeing it to the extent that people are talking about.
Also, you have to figure 'not much is going on' makes for a really boring news show.

-Dave

Spot on. In fact the EU including Germany are affected, but have plenty of resources and political influence to short the issue. The problem comes when India and Germany are bidding for the same gas tanker (sorry India) or Somalia (on the verge of a massive famine) and Italy are bidding for the same cargo of grain. That is the real consequence of Adolf Putin's war - the poor perish without a cause.

Considering Germany is a first world country where people are supposed to have better wages and access to higher quality products the prices are similar to the ones I find in my third world country where quality of goods is much inferior. Here a bottle of oil 900ml (not olive oil) is about 3$. Olive oil 500ml must be around 3$ as well. And these are the cheapest options at the cheapest supermarkets disponible. If you want your food more tasty and delicious you have to purchase higher quality oils, of course.

News claim expensive prices are due to war, but I guess it's due to greed from producers who want to take advantage of the world's scenario to make extra profit.

I know from my experience that midrange supermarkets have had a better chance of keeping their costs low because they have fewer expenses and aren't still trying to expand (like the cheaper stores are).

I don't know for how long more this will be but I imagine it'll change as the cheaper chains grow further and still take over the market (unless the larger, more expensive stores rebrand - but I don't think they need to).

They seem well stocked with oil and as the above post said, exports were halted and have returned since (after a few deals with struck) - I think it was the same for grain too and with similar prosperity after the "deals" that were made or alternative imports routes were found.

You may have forgotten to look at the date on those posts because the cooking oil scarcity was a serious thing that lasted a while but that was a couple of months ago. Basically ever since countries which produced the gains used for cooking oil production resumed their exports the scarcity problem was greatly averted.

Should we just pretend by closing our eyes that the only affected region is Germany, the whole world is in ransom presently and the inflation has been getting more overcoming edge than expected in tackling it, the value of commodities in the market remains the same but their prices have over jumped up to a certain limit beyond correction, making available an alternatives on the demands on this items is a good option and this can be achieved through diversification, reduced import level and encourage every homemade finished products.

The German market is considered the most affected by the Ukrainian war, perhaps more than Ukraine itself, due to its dependence on Russia in the field of energy. This field is able to influence all areas of life, including the food industries or even the state's strategies for imports of goods.
In my opinion, the crisis is global and is not limited to Germany or the Western world as a whole.
The United States itself is witnessing a crisis in supplying its markets with basic commodities, affected by the global situation.
The world has become a small village, and a crisis cannot occur in a region without affecting the rest of the regions in one way or another.

Oh, those claims are true in any manner please let me know. I know of a few EU countries that will send it over gladly. In the places I have been everything is well supplied and you can pretty much buy anything that you could before the war, albeit a bit more expensive - nothing that would make people not buy.

I guess the RF must be doing great as well, you see, people are queuing in the borders surely to do some tourism in Georgia and Turkey.

https://expatguideturkey.com/mobilization-queue-of-3000-vehicles-on-the-russia-georgia-border/

I'm hearing from some people here and there that today there is a cooking oil deficit in Germany, food prices have skyrocketed and German's aren't able to buy food, there is cold everywhere and and so on and so forth.

I was in Ireland, now back to the Germany for a while. To clarify, I usually visit three shop: Kaufland, Edeka (Center) and Lidl/Aldi, so I'll update you from them. From these three Lidl/Aldi is discounter, Edeka is on expensive side and Kaufland is in the middle.

P.S. Click on the images to view better!
Let's start with the oil prices in Germany, in the state of Bavaria in Aldi. Date - October 25, 2022:



Oil prices in Edeka Center, in Germany, in the state of Bavaria. Date - October 25, 2022: