According to a current price research, one and the same item is on average 26 percent more expensive in Germany than in Germany. The Tyrol room of work foams: “This is not understandable!”
Driving abroad for shopping because it is cheaper there? It can be worth it. A comparison of the Tyrolean Chamber of Labor again confirmed that the same food in this country is considerably more expensive than our northern neighbors – noticeable.
Only eleven items increased cheaper or just as expensive
Specifically, the AK carried out a price comparison in a total of five online stores of food dealers from mid-May: on the Austrian side there were Interspar, Billa and M prize on German Globus and Rewe. The results are frightening: on average the shopping cart consisting of 63 items costs 26 percent more than in Germany (208.34 euros).
“Just like in the previous year, in total you will still get cheaper if you buy the most expensive brand items in Germany with a total of 219.31 euros than if you would take the cheapest products with the Austrian providers with a total of 242.37 euros,” the AK raised. Based on the average goods prices, a total of 52 of the 63 articles in Austria were more expensive than in Germany.
“High price differences are not understandable”
“It is not understandable that on the European internal market the prices for identical products can be distinguished in a way in comparable framework conditions,” Ak -President Erwin Zangerl criticizes and demands urgent action at national level and in the EU.
Incidentally, the largest price difference was found at Eskimo Cremissimo different varieties (825 ml). Although the product was already available from German providers of 1.79 euros, the Austrian providers had to pay 5.99 euros.
Source: Krone
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