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"The new gold?": Customers find the new price at Lidl hard to get used to

2022-05-06T03:19:16.796Z


"The new gold?": Customers find the new price at Lidl hard to get used to Created: 05/06/2022, 05:08 By: Franziska Schwarz Material for debate: the current cucumber price at Lidl © Michael Gstettenbauer/Imago Food prices in Germany are rising, including at the discounters. A supposed everyday vegetable is suddenly the focus of social media. Munich – Some people swallowed the Lidl prospectus f


"The new gold?": Customers find the new price at Lidl hard to get used to

Created: 05/06/2022, 05:08

By: Franziska Schwarz

Material for debate: the current cucumber price at Lidl © Michael Gstettenbauer/Imago

Food prices in Germany are rising, including at the discounters.

A supposed everyday vegetable is suddenly the focus of social media.

Munich – Some people swallowed the Lidl prospectus from May 2: At the discounter, a kilo of German cucumbers costs 4.65 euros this week.

"Is that a misprint?" asks an outraged customer on Twitter.

"3.49" euros is written on the offered sales quantity of 750 grams.

Now, according to the US Department of Agriculture, a standard cucumber has just 16 calories per 100 grams. That's 120 calories extra for almost 3.50 euros.

Seems strange when, according to the German Society for Nutrition, an average adult needs at least 2100 calories a day.

"Are cucumbers the new gold now?" asked a Facebook user.

Food prices in Germany: Current cucumber price at Lidl shows a trend

It's definitely not that far yet.

But groceries are also currently becoming more expensive at Aldi, Netto or Penny.

The reason is the currently rising inflation.

The crisis is also affecting supermarkets because they are dependent on food giants such as Nestlé, Unilever and Danone - you can read about the background here.

Because of the Ukraine conflict, there are also growing concerns in this country that famine could break out.

But that is unnecessary, reassure experts.

"In the case of cereals, potatoes, sugar, beef, milk and milk products, domestic production will cover all of our own needs," a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture in Munich explained to the dpa news agency in April 2022.

Prices for vegetables: German farmers' association refers to the energy crisis

But what about the cucumber?

In this respect, for example, the German Farmers' Association warned in March.

"It doesn't look bad," Lilian Heim, the association representative responsible for fruit and vegetables, told the

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

.

“Many greenhouses are currently simply empty.

The rearing is not worthwhile.” The energy, fertilizer and personnel costs are too high.

She cited cucumbers as examples, but also tomatoes and potted herbs.

"First of all, the range of German products will probably decrease," predicted Heim.

"What that means for the prices in the supermarkets remains to be seen."

Office in Bavaria: cucumber self-sufficiency at 100 percent

The State Office for Statistics in Bavaria said the following for the Free State in March of the dpa news agency: Individual foods such as cucumbers, frozen fruit, semolina, sunflower oil or tomatoes increased sharply in price.

"There is a need for imports of eggs, fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and leafy greens," according to the experts' assessment at the time.

For vegetables such as cucumbers, the degree of self-sufficiency is almost 100 percent or more, it said.

An inquiry from

merkur.de

to the Lidl press office about the current cucumber price initially went unanswered.

(frs)

Source: merkur

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