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The prices in Germany’s supermarkets surprised a Viennese visitor. Above all, the beer prices amaze the guest from Austria.
Munich – Not only in this country do consumers have their burden with the rising prices in supermarkets and discounters such as the top dogs Aldi and Lidl. Food prices have also skyrocketed in neighboring Austria. A visitor from Vienna is now even amazed at the “tame prices” for cyclists in this country, reports heute.at.
Wiener is amazed at Radler prices: the can is 60 cents cheaper than in Austria
The guest from Vienna visited a supermarket in Baden-Württemberg and apparently couldn’t believe his eyes. Because a can of Gösser-Radler beer is “only” 89 cents on the receipt there. The popular product costs 1.49 euros in Austrian supermarkets. “And that, although the beer is even produced in Austria,” says the today– Report further.
Neighbor’s beer: Gösser beer brewery, natural shandy in a can. The large brewery is in the Styrian town of Leoben. (Iconic image) © Manfred Segerer/iimago
The reason for this clear price difference is obviously the beer tax. According to Statistics Austria, the consumption tax on standard full beer (Pils) in Austria is around 24 cents per liter. The report goes on to say that the beer tax is 2.5 times higher than in Germany. According to official statistics, a total of 206 million euros were collected from the beer tax in the neighboring country in 2022. This is significantly more than in the previous year (178 million euros).
Beer tax in Austria
The beer tax is calculated from the quantity in hectoliters and the original gravity of the beer in degrees Plato. The Plato degree is the original wort content of the beer in grams per 100 grams of beer. The tax rate is 2 euros per hectolitre per degree Plato. For legally and economically independent microbreweries, reduced tax rates of 60 percent to 90 percent of the normal tax rate apply, depending on their total annual production. For the calculation of the beer tax, the amount that corresponds to the specified nominal contents of the corresponding bottles or cans is the basis for assessment.
Source: Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna
But not only the beer tax makes itself felt in the prices in the trade in the neighboring country. Vacationers from Germany, for example, report usury prices for food in the outdoor pool at Attersee. But consumers also have to pay more for peaches, nectarines, mozzarella, wheat flour and sugar. as a look at the statistics shows. Within a year, some products in the food trade have become massively more expensive (Report on price transparency in the food trade (as of June 2023).
A can of popular Radler costs over one euro – the price of cheap beer is 42 cents
In this country, too, consumers like to reach for the shandy – especially in summer when it is very hot, the beer-lemon lemonade is more refreshing than an ordinary can of Pilsner. The consumer program WISO has currently tested six different Radler and found that the Krombacher Radler was best received by the test subjects. Consumers in Germany pay 1.07 euros for half a liter in retail. This is how much beer and shandy cost in comparison:
Can of Gösser Radler89 centsBottle of Becks Pils99 cents (at Rewe)Can of 5.0 Original Pils49 cents (at Rewe)Bittburger Hefe-Weißen95 cents (at Rewe)Bittburger Premium Pils99 centsBittburger Radler2.09 to 2.15 euros (at Rewe)Grafenwalder Radler45 bis 53 cents (at Lidl)Source:Supermarketcheck.de
In comparison, the Perlenbacher Radler from Lidl only costs 42 cents. Incidentally, behind the cheap beer is the well-known Frankfurt brewery. But these well-known manufacturers also offer cheap beers in discounters. (the)
2023-09-01 02:26:16
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