Price shock in Vienna: Coffee now costs 72 % more!
Price shock in Vienna: Coffee now costs 72 % more!
The increasing prices for food and cleaning agents are a great burden for many consumers in Austria. According to the current AK price monitor, the price increase last year is dramatic. The average price of food has increased by 10 %, while some products, such as bean coffee, even became approximately 72 % expensive. This reports Oe24
Special price increases have been found since March 2024. In addition to coffee, the price of which rose by 72 %, other products have also experienced high price increases: orange juice by 45 %, tea butter by 36 % and whole milk chocolate by 33 %. The shopping basket with 40 representative life and cleaning agents cost almost 81 euros in March 2025, which means an increase of 10.1 % compared to 73.27 euros in March 2024.
particularly affected groups
The Chamber of Labor emphasizes that people with low incomes, families and young and older people suffer from this inflation. In view of these circumstances, the chamber calls for an active role of the federal government to combat inflation and ensure fair food prices.
In order to quantify the price development in Austria, the consumer price index (VPI) is regularly published by statistics Austria. This index shows the price level at consumer level and is also used for value security and wage negotiations. The VPI is tailored to the expenditure of an average household in Austria, based on a structure that is divided into 12 main groups and 106 classes. This is explained in WKO
The current inflation is not just a local phenomenon; It also has an impact on inflation in the entire euro zone. The harmonized consumer price index (HVPI) plays a crucial role in inflation measurement within the monetary union and contributes to the assessment of money stability. The regular revision of the VPI every five years since 2000 ensures that the weightings in the shopping cart are always adjusted.
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