Supermarket opening times on New Year's Eve: Rewe, Edeka, Aldi and Lidl are open before the New Year

Created: 12/30/2022, 3:42 p.m

By: Stella Henrich

Before the new year begins, things will get hectic again for some consumers.

In supermarkets and discounters, a rush of customers is expected again.

But the markets are open quite late, even on New Year's Eve.

Munich – The unexpected often happens.

Is it so nice?

They wanted to start the transition into the new year 2023 all by themselves.

With a good movie on Amazon Prime, a bottle of Coke and a bag of chips.

And now this!

Quite unexpectedly and without prior notice, the visitor on New Year's Saturday is right on their doorstep - even with firecrackers from China in their luggage.

Only one thing helps now.

Quickly go to the supermarket and buy a few bottles to toast to a good new one.

A few slices of hearty raclette cheese would also be nice, so that nobody has to go to bed with an empty stomach at the end of the evening.

We looked around on the Internet for our readers of Merkur.de.

It turns out that the respective markets can have quite different opening times.

Grocery stores are open on New Year's Eve for last-minute customers from north to south in Germany:

Happy New Year 2023: In some cases, last-minute customers can even go shopping until midnight.

(Iconic image) © Christian Ohde/imago

Since December 31 falls on a Saturday this year, supermarkets and discounters are generally open.

As on Christmas Eve, special regulations apply to the general shop opening hours on New Year's Eve.

However, these differ from state to state.

Shops in 

and 

are allowed to close on December 31st.

open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

In

and 

 , shops are even allowed to open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

And in 

and

, opening hours on New Year's Eve are from midnight to midnight.

Only in

and

officially close at 2 p.m. at the latest.

Opening hours of supermarkets and discounters on New Year's Eve: Finding a branch on the Internet helps

Consumers who need to know for sure should check their retailer's website.

The vast majority of grocers offer the option on their websites to search for specific branches.

• Click here for Rewe's store search

• Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd can be found here

• Find Edeka stores

• Find the right Kaufland branch

• Click here for the market search by Netto

• Find Penny Market

• Lidl stores at a glance

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Basically, all supermarkets and discounters in Germany are closed on New Year’s Day – with the exception of gas stations and bakeries.

The latter are allowed to open for five hours on the first day of the year in many federal states.

So if you wake up with a bad hangover on January 1st, you can get water, beer or sparkling wine and bread there.

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