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Price war between Aldi and Lidl: how consumers can make the best savings

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Marketing stunt or more? Some discounters are currently slashing many prices. How consumers can find their way through the price jungle - and what price comparison apps or discount coupons can do.

Producer prices fell more than expected in April. However, the main reason for this was lower energy prices. In contrast, coffee, beef and butter were significantly more expensive compared to the same month last year - with price increases averaging 30 percent. Consumers are therefore all the more likely to look for ways to save money in the supermarket.

Opinion | The country needs a new Aldi

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Once again, the four major food companies are “blowing the horn for the biggest discount battle” of all time. But in the end, the prices will hardly differ. Only undogmatic steps will help.

The facts speak for themselves: food has become around a third more expensive on average in Germany since the beginning of 2022. The enormous price increase is mainly affecting people who have little money at their disposal. But there are more and more of them. 39 percent of Germans have to save money when they buy food. This was the result of a survey by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations. How expensive food is is therefore also a social issue. To put it bluntly, you could also say it is a question of social peace.

Price comparison | Even in France, food is cheaper than here

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Germans like to shop at discount stores. But an exclusive price comparison shows: Food is cheaper in many Western European countries. How did this come about?

The brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht certainly didn't foresee this in 1948 when they opened their store in Essen-Schonnebeck: That in 2025, all the major food companies in Germany would be trying to outdo each other by also being discount stores.

Discount, that word alone. As is well known, the brothers even immortalized the English term for discount in the company name: Albrecht Discount, Aldi for short.

What they also could not have foreseen: The term has degenerated into an empty phrase by 2025. This is suggested by a study conducted exclusively for the SZ by the price comparison app Smhaggle.

Supermarkets & Food

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Coffee will be significantly more expensive in 2025 - consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets

Coffee drinkers in Germany will have to prepare for higher prices in 2025. Prices for coffee products have already risen considerably since the start of the year. 

An analysis by the price comparison app Smhaggle shows that shelf prices for ground coffee and coffee pods from well-known brands such as Jacobs, Mövenpick, Melitta and Senseo have risen by 9 to 33 percent.

Cheating in the supermarket: consumers pay the price

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Rising food prices are one of the strongest drivers of inflation. Customers are having to pay more and more for less and less in their shopping baskets. At the same time, supermarkets and discounters are currently overdoing it in their advertising brochures with “great deals” and “low price promises”. But are consumers really buying at a good price? Or, once lured between the shelves, do they quickly fall for more tricks and deceptive packaging? Markt uncovers!

From deodorant to hairspray: prices have risen sharply for these drugstore products - and for these

Business Insider

The prices of drugstore products have been rising drastically in recent years. As a result, something we take for granted can become a luxury.

Products in the toothpaste and hairspray categories have become particularly expensive - some of them by more than 80 percent.

However, certain goods from the drugstore shelves show that prices can also fall, i.e. deflate.

Price increases have become a constant companion. Consumers notice them above all in food, at the petrol pump or when having a kebab after work. And personal care and household items, i.e. the usual drugstore requirements, have also become a cost issue in recent years.

But where exactly are the biggest price jumps lurking? The market research institute smhaggle and my-valueshopping GmbH have carried out research for Business Insider (BI) and analyzed the data for you. They show which price tags have risen the most since January 2022 - and which ones have caused a surprise.

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From deodorant to hairspray: the prices of these drugstore products have risen sharply - and these have not

Price increases have become a constant companion. Consumers notice them above all in food, at the petrol pump or at the after-work kebab. And personal care and household items, i.e. the usual drugstore requirements, have also become a cost issue in recent years.

From Knoppers to Prinzenrolle: this is how much more expensive sweets have become in recent years

Business Insider

Inflation has made everyday necessities more expensive and reduced purchasing power. Food prices have also risen considerably in recent years.

One segment stands out with particularly high inflation rates: confectionery. The popular Knoppers slice, for example, has risen in price by 47.6 percent since 2022.

A number of sweets have seen even greater price jumps. Chocolate from the manufacturer Alpia, for example, is now more than twice as expensive as it was in 2022, according to an exclusive analysis.

The pandemic has hit many people in Germany hard in recent years. It means that the prices of goods and services are rising - so we can afford less and our purchasing power is falling. Inflation often hits us particularly hard in one area: food.

From chocolate to shower gel: this is how much more expensive shopping has become since 2022

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The prices of everyday products have risen significantly in recent years - but exactly how much?

Data from The Great Value Group, available to BI, sheds light on a typical purchase.

Toothpaste and shower gel, for example, cost up to 87% more today than in 2022.

Economy Germany

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Lidl, Rewe, Edeka: Can you really save a lot with apps?

The bonus programs of supermarkets and discounters promise a lot. Our test to see how much you can actually save on purchases with the apps produces surprising results.

Idstein. “Your shopping will be rewarded”, emphasizes the advertising for the Rewe bonus app. And with the Lidl Plus app, you can “save up to 1,000 euros a year”, according to the advertising. Edeka, on the other hand, promises customers that they can “earn endless points with the best Payback ever”. The suggestion is made: Shopping with us is the best way to save. But what does the reality look like? We put it to the test.