The snack shock in Munich – price hammer for small meals
For the small snack in between, it is now the big bill with many providers. The customers have to digest the snack shock in Munich.
Munich – At these prices, the roll gets stuck in your throat! The schnitzel roll for five euros, doner kebab for 6.50 euros, the salad for twelve euros and the fruit cup for more than four euros (see table below)! The current price explosion does not stop at the small dishes to take away. Snack shock in Munich!
Munich: Many customers have to digest the snack shock
Food on hand is very practical and time-saving, especially for the lunch break at work or for the train journey. But with a delay since the Ukraine war, so much has been piling up that you can hardly afford snacks. “Although the to-go business was not so badly affected by the corona pandemic, the raw material and energy prices as well as the increased wage costs are now driving prices up here,” says Silke Noll, nutrition expert at the Bavarian Consumer Center. Similar to the supermarket and restaurants, the prices would be passed on to the customers.
The figures speak for themselves: According to the market research institute GfK, private households already paid 8.6 percent more in April than in the same month last year. The increases in edible fats with an increase of 27.3 percent and meat (11.8 percent), dairy products and eggs (9.4) and vegetables (9.3) were particularly clear. You notice that at the supermarket checkout, but also with snacks from the stand. Half a chicken can cost eight euros…
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Munich: A nutritionist recommends making bread yourself from time to time
Silke Noll explains why we are shocked by the price explosion in this area: “In Germany, food was always quite cheap compared to Spain or Italy, for example.” And: You can’t do without food… But what now? The nutritionist recommends: “Even if it’s more practical to go: If you make your own bread from time to time at home or prepare lunch and take it with you, you’ll save money. And on top of that, lives healthier because fresh products have fewer additives.”
die tz looked around downtown and took note of snack prices and spoke to vendors and customers. Many sellers have recently set higher prices. And most who haven’t raised their prices yet are considering doing so in the foreseeable future. Interesting: With some chains, the prices for the same product vary depending on the location. At the main station, for example, it is often more expensive than at the Stachus.
This is how much selected Munich products cost (as of June 29, 2022)
Offerer | product | Price |
Rischart, mezzanine in the main station | Bavaria Sandwich (including meat loaf cold cuts) | 5 euros |
Obatzi bread (including Obazdem) | 4.30 euros | |
Vinzenzmurr, mezzanine in the main station | Schnitzel roll, chicken | 4.95 euros |
sausage roll | 3.95 euros | |
Dean & David, Central Station Mezzanine | California Poke Bowl (including salmon and avocado) | 13.25 euros |
Salmon spring salad (including salmon) | 11.95 euros | |
Olivia, mezzanine in Central Station | Doner/falafel sandwich | 6 euros |
Yormas, mezzanine in Central Station | Fruit cup, 350 grams | 4.30 euros |
Edeka Ernst, main station, mezzanine | Bowl with salmon, mango and edamame, among other things | 11.90 euros |
French fries friends, mezzanine in the main station | Guacamole burger menu with fries and drink | 12.45 euros |
Brezelina, Stachus-UG | Chive pretzel | 2.20 euros |
Ali’s Kebaberia, Stachus-UG | Doner/falafel sandwich | 6.50 euros |
My Indigo, Stachus-UG | Avocado mozzarella bowl | 9.50 euros |
Scoom, Marienplatz, mezzanine | Indian Chicken Wrap | 6.95 euros |
Pretzel stick with ham | 4.35 euros | |
Sasou, Marienplatz | Avo-Phila Sake (10 pieces of sushi) | 8.50 euros |
Munich soup kitchen at the Viktualienmarkt | Pea stew with Viennese | 6.50 euros |
Wedding Soup | 5.90 euros | |
Sandwiches Luiginos, Viktualienmarkt | Sandwich peppers/spinach | 5.90 euros |
Sandwich antipasti | 6.90 euros | |
Fisch Witte, Viktualienmarkt | Matjes roll | 4 euros |
crab cake | 7 euros | |
Schlemmermeyer, Viktualienmarkt | Fine veal bratwurst roll | 3.90 euros |
Stephanis Grill & Imbiss, Viktualienmarkt | Shish kebab with bread roll | 5.90 euros |
Bratwurst in a roll | 4.50 euros |
Munich: That’s what customers say about the price shock for small dishes
I am already price conscious and look to see if something has become more expensive. I paid 10.90 euros for my salad. Luckily I get a meal allowance through work, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it. Sometimes I take something to eat with me from home. Pauline (30, middle), project manager, with colleagues at the Stachus
Munich: That’s what the operators say – inflation is breaking through
I had to increase doner kebab from 5 to 6.50 euros. But that’s not my fault! The price of meat has risen by 30 percent in the last three weeks alone. And for ten liters of rapeseed oil I now had to pay 40 euros to the dealer – before the Ukraine war it cost 15 euros. I’m not even fully passing on our increased expenses. Unfortunately, the higher prices mean that there are about 30 percent fewer customers. Marianne Bilecen (58), owner of Ali’s Kebaberia
Munich: surcharge for sushi?
I haven’t increased the prices since the beginning of the year, but I’ll probably do that at least for sushi during the summer holidays and, for example, sell the salmon sushi for 5.50 euros instead of 4.50 euros. Meat, fish, vegetables – everything has become more expensive. Added to this are the high energy prices, and now also the rising personnel costs due to the minimum wage. I’ll probably have to make other dishes more expensive in the fall. Agocs Radovan (42), operations manager Sasou
The development is awesome
We will look at the development until October and then we may increase the prices. There is still the consideration that fewer customers will come if we become more expensive. 6 or 7 euros for a sandwich is not that cheap anyway. Nevertheless, the development is blatant: the price of butter alone has quadrupled in the last three or four weeks. The same goes for the bread. And every supplier suddenly adds a flat-rate delivery charge… Luigi Farsch (39), owner of Sandwiches Luiginos