Even in Bavaria… isn’t stuff really expensive there? I’m from north Germany, it’s probably even cheaper where I live
Speaking as an Austrian, German groceries are absurdly cheap in north Germany and still cheaper in the south than in the surrounding countries. The store chains say that it’s because Germany is such a big market that they can offer anything cheaper.
It is also because of predatory business praxis. A typically thing for Aldi & co. to do is making good contracts with farmers, make them invest in an expansion, and then renegotiate the prices at a point the farmers are operate without any profit or even at loss. But since they have expanded, they can only deal with the supermarkets, who are able to buy these quantities.
Probably we just pay the hidden price through farming subsidies.
Grocery store prices do not vary significantly across German federate states. The main part of cost of living differences comes from housing prices. Restaurant prices vary more than grocery store prices too.
Meanwhile, Germans still go out of their way to shop in Czech/Polish border towns. Although these days I guess that’s mostly for cigarettes, alcohol, cheap restaurant meals, and haircuts.
And everyone in Czechia makes fun of him for that.
How are salaries in Czechia? Would you call them fair?
No, not really. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. He just basically did this out of nowhere, without any reason or any conclusion. He basically did “Hello everyone, just wanted to let you know that you’re fucked, have a nice day, good bye.”
But he’s honest, that’s the best to be as a politician and also rare.
