Consequence of the Ukraine war: Fast food chains raise prices
Created: 04/28/2022, 11:51 am
By: Magdalena von Zumbusch
Increased prices at McDonald's and Co: In view of the Ukraine war, the fast-food giants have to raise prices themselves.
(Iconic image) © Martin Bertrand/ Imago
Gone are the days when McDonald's sold everything for one euro.
Fast food chains are raising their prices as a result of the Ukraine war.
Munich - The prices at the big fast food chains are currently rising - mainly due to the Ukraine war.
McDonald's and Burger King fries and burger prices have hit all-time highs.
McDonald's and Burger King: Rising raw material and energy costs due to the Ukraine war
The Ukraine conflict is causing prices to rise.
The current inflation is also clearly noticeable, especially when it comes to groceries.
The fast-food industry passes the increased costs on to its customers: Most burger dishes cost more than five euros.
McDonald's Big Mac and Burger King's Whopper cost about 5.49 euros today.
The burgers are 90 cents more expensive than two years ago and 50 cents more expensive than last year, reports the news portal
watson.de
.
Burger King's Double Whopper costs almost seven euros, the Big Mac menu at McDonald's even more than seven euros.
The Federal Association for System Gastronomy confirmed that the rising prices in the fast food industry, as with other foods, are primarily due to increased raw material and energy costs.
"Energy costs, such as electricity and natural gas, are a major price driver, with other raw materials such as beef, the price increase of 50 percent was sometimes even greater," said the federal association, which represents chains such as Burger King and Nordsee, to
chip.de .
Germany's dependence on oil, coal and gas imports from Russia also plays a major role.
The development of alternative trade routes should help to reduce this dependency, but for the moment the dependency still exists: and prices continue to rise.
Burger King, McDonald's and Co.: French fries prices also increased due to poor potato harvest
The fries prices have also risen sharply: a portion of King fries currently costs 3.29 euros - for comparison: last year the price was 2.79 euros, reports
watson.de.
At McDonald's, the price for a large portion of fries is now 3.69 euros.
On the one hand, the Ukraine war is again responsible here: the price for vegetable oils, which are also used for frying, has risen sharply – not only in retail, but also in wholesale, which supplies fast-food chains.
Crop failures are also responsible for rising prices.
In 2021 the potato harvest was bad due to the weather.
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture reported that there was a 9.2 percent drop in crop yield compared to the previous year due to the cold spring and changeable summer weather.
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