Locals have to adjust their menus for inflation and make it more expensive. So that this is not so noticeable at first, quite a few start with the (non-alcoholic) drinks. But that is getting out of hand, as examples show.
Prices in Austria continue to rise sharply. In addition to energy costs and food prices that are currently going through the roof, extortionate prices have now also arrived in the catering industry. Although many innkeepers (still) try to hide the price increases. By “hiding” the increases not in the food, but in the drinks. For example with the popular apple juice spritzer. A 0.5 liter mixture of cheap soda and apple juice is very common these days for five to six euros. Even a simple soda lemon costs more than five euros in some places.
“Youth drink” is one euro more expensive than beer
“Are you serious?” asks a young mother from Vienna, for example, when she accepted the bill in a pizzeria and discovered that the non-alcoholic soft drink cost 5.20 euros, a full euro more than the mug of beer that was also drunk (4th .20 euros) . So who controls paragraph 112(4) of the Trading Rules?
This states that restaurant owners are obliged to serve at least two types of cold non-alcoholic drinks at a price no higher than the cheapest cold alcoholic drink offered, extrapolated to one liter each (see excerpt). An audit conducted by the AK years ago resulted in one in six restaurants not complying with the law. Now it seems that the requirement, which serves to protect minors, is no longer being checked at all.
No drinking water dispenser, but five euros for still water
A glance at the price table in the Vienna Happelstadion also makes concert-goers break out in a sweat. Like last week at the Green Day spectacle.
“Half a liter of standing water costs five euros there, and drinking water points are not available,” said a surprised visitor. “Counting the opening acts, I was there for six hours. Bottles brought along will be collected at the entrance. So you have to consume. And then you can’t even pay with a card.”
Source: Krone
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