Prices for potato salad and sausages rise: Christmas dinner expensive!

Prices for potato salad and sausages rise: Christmas dinner expensive!

Christmas dinner will be more expensive for many Germans this year. According to the latest figures from the German Business Institute (IW) from Cologne, the prices for the popular potato salad with Wiener sausages have increased by 4.6 percent compared to the previous year. This means that the average costs for a dish for four people are now 7.29 euros, while they were still 6.97 euros last year. It is particularly noteworthy that this price increase was carried out despite the decline in general inflation, which was only 3.2 percent in the event of food. The stable prices for the southern German variant with vinegar and oil, where the price has only increased by 0.4 percent to 6.22 euros, offer buyers a small relief, such as t-online reported .

regional price differences and historical comparisons

The price differences are regionally noticeable. For example, consumers in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate have to dig deeply into their pockets for the ingredients. Despite a minimal price increase for the Mayo variant, the price remains at the top. In contrast, some regions in Germany like Lübeck or Potsdam can acquire the ingredients for only 6.94 euros, which is possible in 67 out of 294 counties. IW economist Christoph Schröder emphasizes that despite the higher prices, consumers benefit from the stabilized costs for a simple Christmas dinner, but also refers to the serious consequences of the Ukraine War.

The price increases are not only limited to food. On Blitzrechner.de Consumers can easily calculate the percentage price increases for various goods such as gas or electricity. This information is important to find your way around the jungle of price changes, especially at a time when consumer prices are often not very stable.