Food prices explode-this is how the price shock explains

In the past it was said in the advertising “Take two”. Today we have to think when shopping whether we put a product in the shopping cart at all. The reason: the prices are popped up. And violently!

As the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden (Hessen) reports, they are Groceries-Prices increased by ten percent last year. December 2024 was compared in December 2023.

In particular, sweet tooths have to do more sheets: sweets On average, 71 percent have become more expensive. This is to blame for the explosion on the cocoa market. Butter, fats and oils that are made from the coveted bean cost crazy 188 percent more!

Coffee, milk and vegetables are also more expensive

The price shock also hits other foods-and thus the customers. orange juice 69 percent has become more expensive and coffee has 44 percent. At least 20 percent with poultry meat. Milk and milk products rose by 13 percent.

A look at the fruit and vegetable department shows how bad the location is. Some foods have become cheaper compared to December 2023. About onions (minus 36 percent), Cucumber (minus 32 percent) or broccoli (minus 19 percent). Nevertheless, the prices for imported goods have increased by a total of 8.6 percent.

Weak consolation and not particularly good news in terms of animal welfare: the price of living pigs has fallen by 16 percent.

Prices pop up, economy shrinks

The increase in food prices is the second shock number from the German economy: On Thursday it became known that the German economy has shrunk even more than expected in the last quarter of 2024. The gross domestic product decreased by 0.2 percent. It is the second recession year in a row.