Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

There is a video about food inflation in the USA. Very insightful. One kilo of flour for 8 USD, a small piece of cheese over 10 USD.
Eggs for 6 $, a small bread - palm-sized - 5 $, etc. Many can no longer afford that. Meat is almost unaffordable. Restaurant prices are exorbitant. 100 dollars is nothing there.

A normal weekly grocery shopping now costs 500-600 dollars.

Or as a farmer said to me yesterday: tough times are coming. Certainly not an opinion based on scientific data, but rather a case of farmer’s cunning.

Honestly, I don’t know the video and I have the following opinion or own experiences regarding current food inflation:

I see that some products have become much more expensive, yes, in part have doubled in price, like the supermarket brand passata tomatoes or the supermarket brand flour.

But I notice that the products mainly from regional farms and often also bought directly from the producer have always been more expensive than the supermarket brands. The regionally produced products have not risen in price nearly as much; this includes eggs, milk, butter, potatoes, meat, flour, vegetables, cheese, coffee, wine, juice, and pasta. These have hardly increased in price, which leads to the gap between supermarket brands produced somewhere in the world and regional products sometimes being only 10 to 20 %.

Long story short: It always depends on what I buy. I have previously paid attention to quality and regionality. These products have always cost more, but they were not shipped halfway around the world and do not clog up the roads.

Whether these products now cost a few cents more or less than comparable products honestly does not matter to me, because it is still cheaper for us. Practical example: The 500 g cheese pack costs 6 euros at the discount store, so the kilo is 12 euros. But I know that we will eat so much cheese until we are full and probably 1/3 to 1/2 will end up in the trash because we will overstock it.
At the weekly market, I pay 4 euros for 200 g, so the kilo is 20 euros. But I know that we will eat this piece with enjoyment and will not throw away a gram.

Which cheese is now the cheaper one?

On the side, an update on energy prices: In Wolfsburg, the district heating prices will increase by approximately 70% as of 01.07.22. Unlike gas, I have no option for an alternative provider. 12.959 ct/kWh 38.18 per kW connection capacity / year 80.68 € heat meter / year

With all due respect, everyone should look at themselves and refrain from waving the obvious at every opportunity or discrediting other forum participants and their posts. I’m not only referring to you personally but have observed for weeks how quickly and eagerly the collective club is swung as soon as someone starts to hit. Stay objective and either respect other opinions/statements or put those on your ignore list if it bothers you so much to read the respective posts. The constant "personal attacks" and very frequent comments like "don't feed the troll" are at least just as inappropriate and certainly do not contribute to a better forum atmosphere! Whoever preaches tolerance and free expression of opinion should also live it, instead of trying to silence dissenters at every opportunity.

I refute the contents of his statement with arguments and point out contradictions and missing aspects in the argumentation. As far as I know, that is how to discuss objectively. No one here has had to resort to rhetorical tricks yet. And pointing out flaws in the argumentation and indicating that there are obviously factual deficiencies is far from ridiculing other statements. And we do observe a pattern: a thesis is put forward with inadequate evidence. When it is refuted with facts, the next thesis is presented. In my opinion, that can only come from a troll, or the Dunning-Kruger effect is being observed here. Otherwise, I would be reading that the claims made are supported by evidence.

There is a video about food inflation in the USA. Very enlightening. One kilo of flour for 8 USD, a small piece of cheese over 10 USD. Eggs for 6 $, a small bread - palm-sized - 5$, etc. Many people can no longer afford that. Meat is almost unaffordable. Restaurant prices are prohibitive. 100 dollars is nothing there.

A normal weekly grocery shopping now costs 5-600 dollars there.

That’s about the topic of costs in the USA. Honestly, I don’t see any big differences, sometimes we are more expensive, sometimes they are.

e. the formatting got messed up prices are de/uk/us

Freiburg	London	Austin, TX
1 liter organic whole milk	€ 1.09	€ 0.79	€ 1.30
250g organic butter	€ 2.29	€ 3.76	€ 2.68
6 organic free-range eggs	€ 2.29	€ 2.49	€ 2.38
250g Emmental cheese	€ 2.97	€ 1.97	€ 3.96
1 loaf of bread, freshly baked	€ 2.58	€ 5.79	€ 5.95
1 kg roast beef	€ 15.39	€ 15.07	€ 7.44
1 organic chicken 1.6kg	€ 17.68	€ 15.28	€ 11.04
1 kg organic salmon fillet (farmed)	€ 42.23	€ 26.26	€ 18.21
1 mango	€ 1.69	€ 1.04	€ 1.28
1 kg organic potatoes	€ 1.99	€ 2.32	€ 2.65

Beautiful numbers. Without context. You can shop at Whole Foods and pay 10 dollars for a bowl of Parmesan. Or at the Bodega in NY, you also pay 8 dollars for a loaf of bread. Or at Stop & Shop, 6 dollars for 2 pounds of chicken wings. Or at Trader Joe's and you almost have German prices.

The "best" is probably a Whole Foods in San Jose/Bay Area. Even the seller at the Munich Viktualienmarkt will only be able to look on enviously :eek: