German supermarkets are extremely cheap compared to countries around us. That’s one of the reasons Walmart I think it was failed so badly.
I have been to a Walmart in Germany back then, out of sheer curiosity. Let me tell you, it was definitely not just the price that was the problem. The whole shop screamed “We were to lazy to even think about German shoppers being different from American ones”.
A Costco moved in down the road from us (Australia ) and we signed up - have had a membership in the past at one much further away but thought we should give it another go.
Won’t be renewing, we decided we just aren’t Costco people. It’s so inefficient and backwards and has that Americanness that just doesn’t suit us and I bet a lot of other Aussies.
Sure it’s not dying off here, but I totally get what you mean.
So no glocalization?
No pretzels and wursts? Inch rulers, °F thermometers and Letter paper?
Like no personal relationships between workers, everybody speaking these overly friendly corporate speak and one of these death clowns at the entrance, I believe they are called greeters or something.
Now he can go rent 1 room appartment.
Which will also be cheaper than in the Czech Republic. Saying as a renter here.
Depends on the part of the country. In Prague, yeah, it’s more expensive.
Meanwhile, Germans still go out of their way to shop in Czech/Polish border towns. Although these days I guess that’s mostly for cigarettes, alcohol, cheap restaurant meals, and haircuts.
Even in Bavaria… isn’t stuff really expensive there? I’m from north Germany, it’s probably even cheaper where I live
Speaking as an Austrian, German groceries are absurdly cheap in north Germany and still cheaper in the south than in the surrounding countries. The store chains say that it’s because Germany is such a big market that they can offer anything cheaper.
It is also because of predatory business praxis. A typically thing for Aldi & co. to do is making good contracts with farmers, make them invest in an expansion, and then renegotiate the prices at a point the farmers are operate without any profit or even at loss. But since they have expanded, they can only deal with the supermarkets, who are able to buy these quantities.
Probably we just pay the hidden price through farming subsidies.
Also lower safety, health + labor standards probably. Years ago I watched a french documentary where they had gone undercover in a large German slaughterhouse to explain the price difference with France. It was almost exclusively exploited migrant workers who were doing their work with appallingly low hygienic standards, which was then contrasted with a (more expensive) modern + much cleaner french slaughterhouse. I was not surprised when there was a string of scandals with German slaughterhouses during early covid. I will never buy German meat products, which is not much of a boycot, because I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen any for sale where I live.
Yeah we have a grocery delivery business here in the Netherlands that has really low prices and I’ve heard it’s because they ship in a lot of the food directly from Germany. Kind of insane to me that it’s cheaper to cart in food from another country than it is to just get it here.
And everyone in Czechia makes fun of him for that.
No, not really. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. He just basically did this out of nowhere, without any reason or any conclusion. He basically did “Hello everyone, just wanted to let you know that you’re fucked, have a nice day, good bye.”
