“It’s no longer affordable for a family with two or three children’: Ice cream seller fears steep price hikes. “Rent, staff, raw materials have risen, so we are forced to increase our prices too,” said Toni Salija, boss of a well-known ice cream parlor in Linz.

In the future, a scoop of ice cream will cost him 2.20 instead of two euros. In Germany, a similar picture emerges in large cities as in Austria.