Food prices in comparison: Austria more expensive than Germany!

Food prices in comparison: Austria more expensive than Germany!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Food prices in Austria are an average of 15 to 20 percent higher in November 2024 than in Germany. This was the result of a comprehensive price examination by the Association for Consumer Information (VKI), which analyzed around 200 everyday products in supermarkets and discounters at the border between the two countries. The price differences are particularly serious in branded items: For example, brand coffee in Austria is up to 35 percent more expensive and gummy bears up to 30 percent more. Walter Hager, project manager at the VKI, emphasizes that the high personnel costs, the high branch density and the geographical conditions are possible explanations for these price differences. The analysis also found that the price differences vary significantly depending on the product category, while organic products show an inconsistent picture. More details on this price examination were published on the VKI website, such as vki.at/preisvergleich-de .

Current milk price development in Germany

in parallel to the food, the analysis of the Bavaria Milcher producer Association shows that milk prices have dropped significantly in 2023. The average price of conventional milk was 45.34 cents per kilogram, which corresponds to a decrease of 15 percent compared to the previous year. The high demand and the exorbitant prices in 2022 led to overproduction, which in turn pressed market prices. While the Bavarian producers have recorded the highest payout prices in recent years, the price distance between the federal states in 2023 was considerable. The differences between the payment prices between Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg were over eight cents per kilogram of milk. Despite the challenges, the Bavarian milk prices remain relatively stable compared to other federal states, with an average price for ecological milk of 58.40 cents per kilogram, as on the side of the Milcherzerkerverband Bayern