Competition isn’t the main reason. What you are buying is the key. And training tastebuds is no sport but you might enjoy it. They want to travel too and nothing really works well if you don’t use it enough. You people are definitely able to produce great things and proved it. You are not betraying your country if you are curious about trying something else every now and again.
Kaufland isn't inside a mall. Kaufland is most of the time a bigger type of store and they rent to small businesses space in their entry/exit area. Most of those shops are food to go, bakery, flower shops, shoe repair, kiosk or barbers. Kaufland isn't really a cheap shop. There are cheaper discount grocery stores like Aldi, Lidl, etc.
@@arnolsi REAl started in 1992 as part of "Metro". In 2006 Walmart buyed REAL and divided it into big and small shops. Smaller shops were called "Extra". Walmart closed in Wuppertal in 2007 and 2008 Kaufland took over what was left from REAL. Parts of what was Extra was sold in 2008 to Rewe. Later some parts were also sold to Türkiye. In 2020 REAl got sold to Kaufland, Edeka and Globus. In 2022 REAL got rebranded and is known since then as "mein REAL".
In Germany, the tax is already included in the product prices, 7% for groceries, 14 for books and 19 for everything else. Haribo is probably also cheaper here because there are no export and import duties since it comes from our own region
Haribo also produces locally in almost every country that they are sold. That's why the sugar-free Gummibears in the USA (not available in Germany) give you diarrhea. The artificial sweetener which is used in the USA (I believe Xylotol) is banned in Germany due its negative side-effects in relatively small amounts. So while the import duties might not be applicable if you buy locally produced Haribo's their production recipe (thus final outcome) may be significantly different from the original in Germany.
There is also a difference in eating. If you eat in the restaurant, 19% VAT will be paid. If you take the food home, only 7% will be charged. Everything stays the same for the buyer. Only the state earns more if you eat in a restaurant...🤗
And there are differences that no one understands or is able to explain. Example: A domestic pig is always 7% while a wild pig is 19%, but a sausage made of the wild pigs meat is 7% again, but if the sausage is served in a restaurant it is 19% again, but only 7% for take away. Can anyone follow me? The tax system in Germany is just crazy.
The prices are usually lower because the discounters don't just buy the brand products but also buy from the producers directly and have their "Eigenmarken" (own brands). Sometimes it's even the same factory but only with their packaging and logo. It's a big difference and this competition also drives down the prices
I find most items in Aldi to be a bit ordinary. All their sausages are fake hotdog versions of real sausages...like kransky and bratwurst...Audi's version is like an American hotdog/ saveloy texture...but when buying kransky from a real shop the kransky is a proper meaty, smoky quality sausage...not that fake bouncy texture that they sell in Aldi. This same problem affects many items there...where the Aldi version is cheaper...but at a high cost in quality...or in the sausages, totally swapping it for something it's not.
@pegamini Not bullshit at all..a real smallgoods store makes their own meat products from scratch, smokes and cures them then slices and wraps it in paper and weighed for each customer. Aldi has fake smallgoods that all look, feel and taste like saveloys/frankfurts/hotdogs...even the vienna frankfurts in a local smallgoods shop are 100 times better than any branded or un-branded shrink-wrapped factory crap that Aldi sells
I loved Germany when I was there as an Aussie they are such a smart and hi-tech country. As a music guy myself the audio is a amazing. I love Germany!!!
Fair dinkum mate?! I loved Australia when I lived there as a German! I had no idea you could add beetroot to a burger 'till I came Melbourne. And those electric barbies everywhere were brilliant! I even miss the Cockatoos and Galahs waking me in the morning, though they used to annoy the crap out of me and we would take revenge on their relatives by bringing a bottle of vodka and a loaf of toast to the Yarra, then watch drunken seagulls all afternoon...good times 🤣
Hey, that's so kind, thank you. :) I'd really love to live in Australia. E.g. Sydney has catched me from the first moment I was there. So nice and friendly people, such a laid back mentality, great weather every day, lovely beaches all around. Only the strange accent confused me the first few days. ;)))
You ask why all the stuff is so cheap in Germany (and also better quality) and why so expensive in the States? You poor Americans have fallen prey to pirates in your overly unregulated system. And since only the dollar counts, you're going to be ripped off as much as the competition will allow. And there are certainly illegal agreements between the companies. And to get that under control, you need a strong authority that uncovers such collusion and of course punishment. And here we are again, with the largely unregulated market. Or as we say in Germany, "that's where the cat bites its own tail..." which means we've come full circle...
The prices sound cheap by US standards. A hairdresser earns €1,600 per month in Germany. You still have to pay taxes on it. When everything is paid for (bills, petrol, train tickets, clothes) it can happen that a family of 2 adults and 2 children does not have €100 a week to spend on groceries and drinks.
I just want to add: You can see the different colors of the price tags. Orange means they are currently at a discount (discounts change weekly, the grocery stores even have magazines with those that you can get physically in store or digitally online) while white means that is the standard price.
I am a senior citizen who moved to Germany four years ago. Food prices were one of the reasons. For the most part, I would say most food items are about half to a quarter of what you would pay in the US. I manage on 30 Euros a week, here in Leipzig. My rent is also way cheaper than the USA. I can manage just on Social Security alone. I could not do that back in the US. I do have the advantage of being a Dual National, so I also qualify for some of the benefits a German senior qualifies for. My biggest expense is my health insurance. No it is not FREE! You pay into it, when you are working. Since I never did, living in the USA, I must pay a monthly premium. However it is only a hundred more than I paid for my Humana plan in the US. The big difference is everything is covered, including my meds. What he mentioned about the price tag, is something I also really like. The sales tax is already included in the price you pay. That goes for everything not just food. If a TV says it is €299, that is what you pay. In the US when you got to the register, it would be a lot more.
European prices will always be cheaper than America, they have fewer middle men in all aspects of business and generally item mark ups are more realistic the business ethics are such as to make production lest top heavy, in short less hands skimming off the little guy, the cheaper you can sell your goods the larger the market, the better the service the more likely customers will return, corporate greed is the big offender in America, European prices are normal! American prices are abnormal! There's something inherently wrong with the USA.
The video is also a bit older, today you can pay €0.50-1€ + more for some groceries or only have 400g instead of 500g. in the pack. And sometimes you don't even buy a simple cucumber because it suddenly costs €1.99 instead of €0.99
Haribo (and other european sweets) is so expensive in the US because it is a german product and made with beet sugar (simluar to kane sugar) and the US has a punitive duty on all sugar imports to protect the american kane sugar farmers and the industry that uses cheaper kane sugar. The US goverment also a few programs to support the US sugar industry to lower the prices of there products. So they make foreign products expensive and the own brands cheaper.
German in Venice makes really cool videos. It's normal that the tax is included, that's normal in European countries not only in Germany. Joel you have to ask why is the food in the US so expensive.
5:33 same in australia. Prices vary because of many factors. Here, in Australia, the prices have gone through the roof because of floods, droughts, fuel prices and labour shortages. Distance has a lot to do with prices too. The further the food has to travel, the dearer it will be.
I like your general attitude! Supermarkets tell you much more about the living in a country than a museum. Whenever i visit a foreign country, i try to visit places the locals use for their everyday shopping! I've seen some amazing places 😉🤣
in germany there is no "favorite beer". it mostly depends on the region you live. Almost every city has its own brewery. Becks is just a famous export. we have also many regional wine yards also
If you think the wine is cheap, beer starts at 29c a half L bottle for a supermarket brand, most German name brands are around 1€. all beer add a 25c deposit to bottle.
Here in Germany you can get absolutely drinkable everyday wine in the supermarket from €5. If you invest €10 or €15, that's a really good wine. Good French champagne is available from €20. Cremant (champagne-style sparkling wine) is very drinkable from €6 up. Our American friends are always absolutely jealous when they shop here and see these prices.😁 The prices are probably so low because Germany has relatively high purchasing power in Europe. Many less affluent European countries export large quantities of fresh food to Germany because they are sold in large quantities here. This allows importers to drive down prices. When I compare the prices in the USA with ours here, I noticed that fresh vegetables and fruit in particular are much cheaper here. Here you can eat relatively healthy, even if you don't have much money. PS: Currently, prices have risen slightly due to the war in Ukraine and the associated higher energy costs.
I doubt that even 20% of all people can recognize a while for lower then 3 Euro from a more expensive wine. Maybe the next day, but not when they drink it, especially if it is served with a meal.
The agricultural sector is heavily subsidized in the EU, making prices cheaper for everyone. In the US low income earners are subsidized with food stamps, with higher prices and more “middle men” costs for everyone else.
Buying those cheap 3-5 Euro wines with my friends and slowly finish one bottle each at the banks of the river that runs through my city before carrying on with our night is one of my most cherished memories of my youth in Germany. We did that every summer pretty regularly between 18 and 25. Good times.
@@mondexponent2126 No need for bragging with "your girl", who is she your girlfriend your wife? If not, you're just keeping her away from the partner market without any need, totally unnecessarily and anti-social!
@@SELBLINK_in_your_area okay wow. Why are you so toxic. He said with his friends and I said with my girlfriend. What in the hell is your problem. I didn’t brag about it lol
@@mondexponent2126 You wrote "my girl" and not "my girlfriend"! So it wasn't quite clear!!! There needs to be a regulation by law regarding how long a relationship will be allowed to be, as well as we need such law for the durance of work. Otherwise, you will reject leaving your girlfriend and not let her go for another guy who might also be interested in her! So you (and every male who has a girlfriend) must be forced by law to leave her, because you won't leave her voluntarily. Yes, you DID brag about it! Your freaking girlfriend is not important for this discussion, nevertheless you have mentioned her. What do you want to try make me? Making me kill her? That would not help at all! Making me kill you? Why would you want to do that? Is your "girl" even adult yet? And what the hell do you have f_ck that made her decide *FOR YOU* instead of *ME,* please tell me? Is it money? "Oh I'm the greatest guy in the world because I make so much money by exploiting people, so that I can afford a girlfriend!", that's you a... oh, I'm not allowed to write this word, otherwise TH-cam will delete my comment. Because of guys like you we need: 1. system change from capitalism to socialism 2. a law that sets a maximum time for relationships to have By the way, I am not toxic at all!
@@SELBLINK_in_your_area Digga was hast du denn für Probleme… das ist meine beste Freundin aus der Schule gewesen. Viel Kohle habe ich nicht und auch sonst nehme ich keinen aus. Die kann mich verlassen wenn sie will. Werde und habe sie nie gezwungen mit mir zusammen zu sein. Warum sie sich für mich entschieden hat? Vielleicht weil ich nicht so bin wie du. Und ja sie ist erwachsen. Was zur Hölle läuft falsch mit deinem Selbstwertgefühl. Das hat nichts mit Politik zu tun. Bin ja selber links. Aber wenn du den kompletten Sozialismus haben willst dann tu allen den Gefallen und verpiss dich nach Kuba. Ganz ehrlich
The prices in Germany are so cheap, because Germany is in the georgraphic center of Europe, so if you want to export something through Europe (f.ex. north africa to north Europe, south america to Asia etc, going through Germany is the fastest route. So there is also low import tax (compared to their neighbour countries), if you also sell part of your goods to the german market.
I have a Candian friend (Iam from germany) We sometimes check our sales slip, most things are cheaper in german (nearly all) beside of bananas,they are mostly cheaper in Canada.
HI Joel, when I go shopping in Germany, I always take my box with returnable bottles with me, for that you get a deposit voucher that you can offset against the purchase at the check out. The groceries are no longer packed in the plastic bags, to protect the environment. I always pack my groceries straight into the box. Very practical.☺🌹
@@nw7630 der Getränkemarkt neben dem supermarkt bei mir hat deswegen direkt neben der pfandstelle ein waschbecken und einen Kasten an der wand, wo man papierhandtücher ziehen kann. Man kann also seine kiste auswischen,wenn die schmutzig ist
Australian supermarkets are also inside our shopping centres (malls), some of our trolleys (shopping carts) are the same. Ours have the same manoeuvrability as well. We're pretty good at making sure that people leave trolleys somewhere that won't inconvenience others. We do have places to take them in the car park as well. Leave a trolley somewhere you're not supposed to you'll get into trouble with people who see you. Some trolleys have inbuilt devices to limit how far you can take them. Unlike some check out operators I've heard about in Germany ours will have a conversation and put your groceries in the bags you've bought with you. It's also good manners to put a divider in place for the next customer. There are some self-service ones for if you just want to get in and out in a hurry. There was a recent a major upset when at least one major Supermarket Chain tried to get rid of our check out operators.
3:36 it's sort of like a simplified mall concept. The anchor store is always a big supermarket, combined with a mix of smaller chain and small business stores. The other stuff benefits from the traffic from the anchor store.
At the end of 2021, I was in Romania. They've got the same Supermarket chains there as we have here in Germany, and coincidentally I was there in "Kaufland", too. But I couldn't believe the prices, they were even much lower than in Germany! And to answer your question, the prices in Germany are low due to hard competition. Sometimes you won't find products from Nestle, Henkel, Langnese, or other brands like your favorite Cola drink in a supermarket anymore. The reason is, if producers increase prices too much, the brands get simply unlisted and are not available in that market anymore. And eventually, perhaps six or nine months later, they agree on a new pricing agreement, and those brands return to the shelves again. And btw, Harribo is actually an abbreviation, it means Dr. HAns RIegel (Name of the founder), BOnn (City of the Company). And finally, I found out why this Kaufland shop looks so familiar to me: It's Kaufland Krefeld, my current Hometown. About plastic bags: Last century plastic bags were free when they replaced paper bags. Then 10 Pfennig (5 Ct.) were charged. But since plastic pollution increased, most people bring bags or backpacks from home for their errands. My solution to avoid unnecessary plastic trash is, I picked up two or three plastic bags from the street in 2019, which had been thrown away by other people, and reuse those since then. At one plastic bag, I had re-fix the handles because the stuff I put in was too heavy, but I still use those same bags. That's why I don't know the current prices for plastic bags, but it should be somewhere between 10 and 50 Ct..
Originally, one had to insert a one-euro coin or 50 cents into a shopping cart to release the chain that locks it. This mechanical deposit is refunded when the cart is returned and relocked. Later, plastic tokens were introduced so that people didn't need to have small change. These tokens are usually obtained in the stores themselves. They work just as well because they are not unlimited. However, tools have emerged that bypass the mechanical system, and the first carts are left abandoned in the parking lots. What's even worse is that since the pandemic, people return the carts to the depots but push them into the longest queue, even if a shorter one is only 20 cm away. This blocks the traffic lanes, creating inconvenience and danger for everyone. Often, people are also observed taking a cart from one depot near the entrance and returning it far away, close to their own car. So, one depot becomes empty while the other is overcrowded. Well, the consequences of the pandemic: stress, a regression to primal instincts, and a loss of control.
A big factor in pricing ist the way higher income. the monthly income in the usa is about 30% higher than in germany, so for accurate comparison you would need to add 30% on top 🤷♂️
Fun Fact: The shopping cart handle says "Schnelligkeitsgarantie an der Kasse" (quick checkout guaranteed). The cashier here was not so fast. It's more common, that the cashier has already pulled half the line through the scanner by the time you're putting the last items on the line. Then you have to run to the other end and quickly load everything back in the cart so that the cashier can continue, otherwise the next customer will make a fuss.
Fun fact: Aldi was the last chain to introduce scanners at their tills, because they were too slow. Every product had a three-digit code, and the cashiers had to know them all from memory. This way, they didn't even had to touch the items. It was blazing fast, a small fraction of the time, you saw in the video. I don't know, if they do it Germany or the US, but here in Switzerland it's common to have an app on your phone, which allows you to scan what you buy whilst putting the items in your cart. Then you don't have to stop at all, when you're leaving the store. You just pay with your phone when you're done.
my lifehack is: always choose the line with less people in it. Even if at one conveyor, there is a big family buying a full shopping cart full of groceries, if at the other line there are 10 people who collectively have the same amount of items as that big family, then it's faster to wait behind the big family, because the payment process also takes some time. I just gave a rough example here, but I just generally stand in the line with less people in it.
@@gwendolynsnyder463 The line with less people in it is one of the lines that are closed, that is why there are zero people standing. It takes more time because you could have to wait up to 1 hour until the line opens. So I don't think that your tip is very helpful!
@@mina_en_suiza in most of europe we have self scan, but Germany strangely is usually a bit late with that kind of stuff, despite being a hightech country. They also use way more cash than other west europeans
Haribo normally costs 0,99€ per piece, in the offer you get a bag for 0,59€. You can get wine in Germany for less than 2,00€, but it doesn't taste good (mostly very sweet).
That was just like shopping in a large uk supermarket. They have hairdressers and florists and travel agents etc. prices seem very similar too. Trolleys have a £1 in or use a token
Hey! Every kaufland is like this, it's not a mall, but it's just a theme of every kaufland, you get pharmacy, kiosk etc etc and ofcourse kaufland xD & every kafland is huge!
As a half German, growing up outside of Germany, I can confirm that Hela Curry Ketchup is amazing. The Dutch are fond of having it with their chips, next to finely chopped onions and creamy mayonaise. Don't knock it until you try it!
There are only 3 types of people. Those who only like Heinz original Ketchup, those who only like Hela Curry Ketchup and heretics, that don't like ketchup at all.
joel, watched most of your views on german reaction videos. i subscribed immediately since i think it is great such a young man from the states who doesn't even know our country can be so intrigued or fascinated so much. i do appreciate this, and i am of course not alone here in your comment section, who has the same appreciation. you still can learn a lot and if you are young enough to study abroad, feel free to do so. intuition free is not the only incentive. great channel, love it. greeting from bavaria, bretzel-land.
It is not really a mall. A mall would have at least 1 floor more. They simply are giving other businesses the opportunity to open up a store and they appreciate it.
Kaufland is sort of the german version of walmart. They sometimes come with this sort of mini malls where there are some other small shops and food outlets. Also Groceries are relatively cheap in Germany cause the VAT which is usually 19% in Germany is reduced to 7% for food and some other essential items.
One thing you have to think about every time you see those "cheap prices" the bag sizes are smaller than in the US. US has as far as google told me 15 oz while the ones seen in the video are "only" 8 oz
first of all, the packages in germany are MUCH smaller. you can't get a 120g pack of haribos in the US i bet. also, there are cheaper non-brand products. the brand products are expensive. another thing: all the travel destinations you see there are much closer to germany than they are for the US, so obviously they're cheaper. Why do you think you don't see specials for flights to hawaii or bahamas etc in germany? because they're expensive.
In Germany, we have allowed a new generation to grow up and given them absolute freedom. Our Gen Z knows no restrictions, and as a result, they find it impertinent and audacious when someone tells them not to cross the street on a red light. They become offensive, complain, and justify themselves because they have learned to find their own way to a "solution." Previously, it was a societal consensus that society educates itself. Many years ago, I once threw a trash bag into a hedge and was immediately scolded harshly by a cyclist. That memory is deeply ingrained in my brain, and I won't do it again. However, this is currently being lost, and people are fiercely defending their perceived "rights." Additionally, it's important to note that correcting individuals with such attitudes today could be very dangerous.
The main reason why it is cheaper in Germany is the wide range of supermarkets. There is a lot of competition. Supermarket companies are driving down purchasing prices and many farmers and producers don't get much money for their products. Mars tried to raise the prices for its sweets in Germany, the result: many German supermarkets have removed everything from Mars from their shelves and they no longer sell Mars products. Consumers are happy.
It's super common here that big Supermarkets got so called concessionaires in the same building but outside the actual supermarket, so they can rent a small shop in the building, it's not a mall, though.
Oh, didn't know that the "Shrooms on Venice Beach"-thing was actually a thing. Some dude living in a tent asked me if I wanted shrooms after I gave him a cigarett last time I was there, thought it was just a one-off.
Um, they are subsidized. Now look at their tax rates. Just because something looks cheap doesn't mean it is. It's all a big shell game, and you fell for it.
Wine for 2,89 Euros cannot be very good. When you come back to Germany, go to Baden (Freiburg), there are some of the best vineyards in germany. Very good vines to affordable prices! Greetings from Freiburg! :-)
You asked about the bags. Since january 2022 single use plastic items like shopping bags, cups, straws and other things are banned in germany. You can stil get cheap paper bags (not for free) or robust high quality bags out of thick plastic, for a price that makes sure you will not throw them away, but use them again.
This is not a typical grocery store, it's a mall, cause the regular Kaufland, doesn't have a Travel Agency or a Flower Shop or Barber Shop inside..... it's a mall..... a supermarket ( grocery store) in Germany only has Groceries
here in Germany, the bags for sale are under the belt conveyor. I saw some reuseable bags just being displayed in dm, but in most grocery stores, the shopping bags are under the conveyor.
Just a quick side Note in Germany u can Buy Beer and Wine at the age of 16 and Every harder or Stronger Alc. at 18. (In all villages it's pretty common to already drink beer, vodka, bacardi... at 14)
I shopped in Wal-Mart in Germany when one of them was near my place. They included tax in their prices. But their profit margin was pretty slim and were gone a couple months later.
What was to be expected for all except Walmart. They advertised that it wasn't cheaper anywhere. So you got all the goods that were on sale elsewhere in town for the same price there. And that was in addition to their own offers. Thus they had constantly rising customer numbers, because many saved it to drive therefore from one business to the other, but hardly profits, because offers are calculated partly extremely scarcely. Some offers are even cheaper than the purchase price to attract customers. That is then naturally an extreme loss business...
We do't have that many actual shopping malls in Germany. (Only the bigger cities may have 1 or 2 of them. And we actually hate that trend. Many people say the mall kills the city and I find this is true in some ways. They are considered a bad trend coming from the US, not because it inherently is a bad idea, but because our countries are wildly different and have different needs. Germany has more old town centere that usually host restaurants and shops. People walk more here and they also shop walking around. Malls are appealing, because they offer a condensed version that is bad weather proof. But the parking rarely is better in germany, because the malls are built attached to those old inner cities. And any parking can't be a shop. In my town they got rid of a green space for the mall and most people were against it, but they pushed through, made traffic worse and put a big ugly space into town.) The thing the guy showed is something else: What we have a LOT of though are things that are sometimes literally called the same, but do work differently. The building is owned by a supermarket chain like Glous, Real, Kaufland etc. But in trhe area with the checkout you have many diffeerent little stores, that they rent out and that can't be competition to the supermarket. Most often those include: bakery and little restaurants/cafés, hair ssalon, post office, tobacco stores often merged with news stand, florist They can include more though, like little stores that are nice to browse, repair service (for shoes, keys, watches), specialty stores (like the printer one one) etc. They will never contain other supermarkets, bigger clothing stores, furniture etc and they are way smaller than shopping malls, don't look as grand and they are not located in the inner city.
And what may break your mind about all that beer and wine? Even if you are only 16 years old, you can buy any beer or wine, pop open the bottle on the parking lot and have a good time.
ok Germany are very hard market Aldi, all have to compiet the normal range for a 200 g Haribo Goldbar are from 59 cent up to 1.19 Euro most on the upper part of the spektrum. Fun fakt thir is no Walmarkt in Germany, but over 1600 Aldi süd in the US, Treader joe´s are part of Aldi north.
I ask myself, why are groceries so expensive in the united states? All the stuff on the farms is produced in the same way in europe and the us, highly effiecient using big machaniery and on top it´s all subsidizied by the government. So where is all the money going?
Very simple: Income level of everybody is higher. You do not even ask for the income of a US. farmer. If you compare what people can buy for their income .. this is pretty equal to europe. Just numbers are higher.
The cart thing is all over Europe. However it is vased on coins, 50 cents, 1 or 2 euro coins. Not 1 Euro only as this guy tries to indicate. (I always carry a 50 cents coin just for this.) Plastic bags are nearly extinct when it cones to supermarkets. Either you bring your own bags, or buy reusable bags at the counter. Places that still have them (meaning they did not yet run out of stock), you have to pay for hem. Less waste is better.
Actually 600€ for a week in Egypt everything included is stupid expensive. You have travel agency's here in Italy that make you pay 450€ for a full week in Egypt flight and everything included.
Kaufland is an oversized LIDL, It belongs also to the Schwarz Group, which owns LIDL. Like LIDL they have a few brands, but the cheap goods are their own brand, mostly generics from the brands, produced in the same factories. Because they are oversized, they are not in the middle of the city, but on the outskirts like in the US. So it's worth to drive by for people, they build a row of shops with the market. Most of these are cheaper chain stores run by franchisees. Essanelle, is a cheap hair salon, the Asia store, the travel agency are also franchises.
Groceries in Germany are cheap, because it's the way it used to be. Germany is the biggest market in the EU. There are 3 or 4 major players (Edeka, Rewe, Aldi, Schwarz/Lidl) on the market with lots of power dictating prices to producers. (For instance Edeka and Rewe both have about 400k employees.) Historically those players compete with each other by offering lower prices. They can offer lower and lower prices by handing over that pressure to producers, sometimes with an almost obscene power play.
That's the backside of no service. No bags, No bagging boys, nobody welcoming you, nobody there to take your complains. Lot of self service. And the most important thing: customers who buy only the cheap stuff. If the more expensive things stick to the shelves, they are removed.
Becks isnt popular, many drink it but its pisswater! In my area is the best beer, we have around 1000 breweries in Oberfranken, there is the perfect beer for everyone, tho only problem is to find it! No joke, almost every second village has its own brewery. In my comunity, 8 opr nine villages and 5 breweries! Its was only 4 till the son of the restaurant owner in my village learned brewer and now they make their own beer again. The Pandemy made it possible to rebuild the brewery with no closings extra, it was closed anyway.
often prices can be cheaper, he is not in a discounter (lowest prices) but a SUPER big supermarket like walmart. its HUGE i live in this city and i never was there xD its like to far outside of the city center and discounters are mostly cheaper but seeing it i might walk there this weekend xD in germany tehre are tons of discounters. they make a win margin of like 0,1% on everything and they bug in the millions to get the maximum of discount and then only charge marginal more to sell it because they compete with each other. in germany a supermarket often is in a 1 mile range of like 4-5 other discounters lidl netto penny aldi and you have still the supermarkets like edeka rewe or here kaufland who also compete on the price so the margins are slim and they try to break the producers in the price
*Cost of Living:* *38% lower costs of living in Germany* > 29% lower restaurant costs in Germany > 47% lower Rent costs in Germany > ... Average *Income Tax:* > Germany *19%* vs US *22%* > *average HC bought/cost:* > Ger: *7%* vs US: 540$ 7% for a 100% premium HC vs at average *US: Silver premium 70% covering* > 540$ for *SINGLE* & *1.600$ family of 4* Family of 4 costs a german worker 7% ×2 At a 3k income 7% is *210€/month for a 100% HC premium, nationwide & EU!* > Even unemployed, Germany steps in pays you 100% HC premium FULL. German worker: 12% State-Retirement-Insurance US worker: also 12% at average Retirement saving (private). So *Before we even start:* >> US worker has at average to earn *38%* more, to have equal same free monthly money as a German worker. Bc of Cost of Living. Next: Income Tax + HC + Retirement: Ger: 38% 19% Income Tax 7% HC 100% premium insurance 12% State Retirement insurance = 19% Tax *paxed* + 19% insurances *bought* = Give 50/50 Take ~ pretty fair US: - 22% Income Tax 17% (single) - 34% (fam4) HC private Insurance 70% premium 12% Retirement savings = 22% + 33% = 55% (single) 55% - 38% = *27%* • US worker has 27% less free money bc of higher Income Tax, waay higher HC cost BUT equal retirement costs. > US average HC premium *(silver)* costs "more than double" of a german workers 100% HC, but *only provides 70% covering* IF not copays on top coming in... At average, a german worker has 190€ to 490€ more monthly free money as the US worker. > Scaling up with a Family & the more kids you have... >> The US looks from my global perspective like *"the Hungersgames"* with all its bad conditions. Just costs not Rights/Freedoms giving to the workers included here. >> Well... you can say a german worker has more freedom bc he gets the right granted to be able paying his HC & Retirement insurance over the Tax-Path getting insta 100% HC as a right, nation wide. Side note: Pre Covid19, the German HC System made *2 Billion Surplus* _Let this sink in..._ >> Contradicting aaanything US politicans said about HC4all System cost in the US. Esp. Right but also (US) Left, including _Pelosi!_ Dems are globaly seen as center right. Not center or aaanything left, just that you know. All the best! Oh btw, the *NATO* report said, the US has 3rd world condition of absolut poor esp. Verginia etc. >> There is no developed country with such a huge gab between rich and poor vs the US :( // I have uncle in the US in Atlanta. He is a Heart Specialist Dr.
Millions of German workers do not even get a paltry 2,000 euros a month. How come they have "as much as 490 euros a week" more than an American worker?
The real question is, why is the quality of foods in the US so bad, even when it is so expensive?
Competition isn’t the main reason. What you are buying is the key. And training tastebuds is no sport but you might enjoy it. They want to travel too and nothing really works well if you don’t use it enough. You people are definitely able to produce great things and proved it. You are not betraying your country if you are curious about trying something else every now and again.
That ist also a good question.
Capitalism, ho!
greed
cuz government want it to be
Kaufland isn't inside a mall. Kaufland is most of the time a bigger type of store and they rent to small businesses space in their entry/exit area. Most of those shops are food to go, bakery, flower shops, shoe repair, kiosk or barbers. Kaufland isn't really a cheap shop. There are cheaper discount grocery stores like Aldi, Lidl, etc.
Lidl und Kaufland used to be owned by the Lidl&Schwarz-Group. So both under the same Company,
Not anymore. Kaufland, Lidl, Aldi, Penny aso. are on the same price level.
Remember back when REAL existed? Kaufland buyed them off and since then Kaufland has the same concept as REAL had.
@@suoquainen In our area they bought Handelshof and Famila and changed the concepts. We had no Real.
@@arnolsi REAl started in 1992 as part of "Metro". In 2006 Walmart buyed REAL and divided it into big and small shops. Smaller shops were called "Extra". Walmart closed in Wuppertal in 2007 and 2008 Kaufland took over what was left from REAL. Parts of what was Extra was sold in 2008 to Rewe. Later some parts were also sold to Türkiye. In 2020 REAl got sold to Kaufland, Edeka and Globus. In 2022 REAL got rebranded and is known since then as "mein REAL".
In Europe we don't use plastic bags we use reusable bags that you bring with you next time you go shopping...
Or you don't 🥲
@@phoenix72999 90%...some little store still use them but ecological ones...I'm talking about Italy 🇮🇹
Kind of sucks I still don't carry bags with me wherever I go, just end up buying the cheapest and tossing it out anyway...
In Poland you are charged 1 PLN for a plastic bag.
Well, I always buy a plastic bag when I go grocery shopping 🤷🏻♂️
In Germany, the tax is already included in the product prices, 7% for groceries, 14 for books and 19 for everything else. Haribo is probably also cheaper here because there are no export and import duties since it comes from our own region
Books are also 7%. There is no 14% VAT in Germany, it's all 7 or 19 percent (or no VAT at all).
Haribo also produces locally in almost every country that they are sold. That's why the sugar-free Gummibears in the USA (not available in Germany) give you diarrhea. The artificial sweetener which is used in the USA (I believe Xylotol) is banned in Germany due its negative side-effects in relatively small amounts. So while the import duties might not be applicable if you buy locally produced Haribo's their production recipe (thus final outcome) may be significantly different from the original in Germany.
@@klopferator Danke für die Info
There is also a difference in eating. If you eat in the restaurant, 19% VAT will be paid. If you take the food home, only 7% will be charged. Everything stays the same for the buyer. Only the state earns more if you eat in a restaurant...🤗
And there are differences that no one understands or is able to explain. Example: A domestic pig is always 7% while a wild pig is 19%, but a sausage made of the wild pigs meat is 7% again, but if the sausage is served in a restaurant it is 19% again, but only 7% for take away. Can anyone follow me? The tax system in Germany is just crazy.
The prices are usually lower because the discounters don't just buy the brand products but also buy from the producers directly and have their "Eigenmarken" (own brands). Sometimes it's even the same factory but only with their packaging and logo. It's a big difference and this competition also drives down the prices
German Grocery stores are great we have Aldi and Lidl over in UK damn good food and Reasonably Priced!
I find most items in Aldi to be a bit ordinary.
All their sausages are fake hotdog versions of real sausages...like kransky and bratwurst...Audi's version is like an American hotdog/ saveloy texture...but when buying kransky from a real shop the kransky is a proper meaty, smoky quality sausage...not that fake bouncy texture that they sell in Aldi.
This same problem affects many items there...where the Aldi version is cheaper...but at a high cost in quality...or in the sausages, totally swapping it for something it's not.
@pegamini
Not bullshit at all..a real smallgoods store makes their own meat products from scratch, smokes and cures them then slices and wraps it in paper and weighed for each customer.
Aldi has fake smallgoods that all look, feel and taste like saveloys/frankfurts/hotdogs...even the vienna frankfurts in a local smallgoods shop are 100 times better than any branded or un-branded shrink-wrapped factory crap that Aldi sells
you have better products in your Aldi and Lidl in the UK than what we have in Germany!
@@pegamini7582
a) that's only true for *SOME* products.
b) even within the same factory you have different levels of quality.
2:36 It’s definitely not a scam because the amount of German tourists in Egypt whom I’ve seen firsthand will tell you otherwise.
That's kind of expensive, U can get the same holiday for 600-700 bucks.
In Germany U can get really cheap holiday in ALDI, Lidl & more.
@@irgendwas8170 usually with worse service of SunExpress/TUI (and TUI is really bad) eco instead of Lufthansa.
Cheapest holiday I've had £99 to Turkey full board and flights but it cost £75 by coach to get to the air port in England
I loved Germany when I was there as an Aussie they are such a smart and hi-tech country. As a music guy myself the audio is a amazing. I love Germany!!!
thanks where ever you from love from germany
@@paulisgay4447 Aussie = from Australia; Ein "Aussie" kommt aus Australien.
Fair dinkum mate?! I loved Australia when I lived there as a German! I had no idea you could add beetroot to a burger 'till I came Melbourne. And those electric barbies everywhere were brilliant! I even miss the Cockatoos and Galahs waking me in the morning, though they used to annoy the crap out of me and we would take revenge on their relatives by bringing a bottle of vodka and a loaf of toast to the Yarra, then watch drunken seagulls all afternoon...good times 🤣
Hey, that's so kind, thank you. :) I'd really love to live in Australia. E.g. Sydney has catched me from the first moment I was there. So nice and friendly people, such a laid back mentality, great weather every day, lovely beaches all around. Only the strange accent confused me the first few days. ;)))
Hell yeah, they are so high tech, the Government still uses fax machines instead of damn internet and e-mails😂
You ask why all the stuff is so cheap in Germany (and also better quality) and why so expensive in the States? You poor Americans have fallen prey to pirates in your overly unregulated system. And since only the dollar counts, you're going to be ripped off as much as the competition will allow. And there are certainly illegal agreements between the companies. And to get that under control, you need a strong authority that uncovers such collusion and of course punishment. And here we are again, with the largely unregulated market. Or as we say in Germany, "that's where the cat bites its own tail..." which means we've come full circle...
The prices sound cheap by US standards. A hairdresser earns €1,600 per month in Germany. You still have to pay taxes on it. When everything is paid for (bills, petrol, train tickets, clothes) it can happen that a family of 2 adults and 2 children does not have €100 a week to spend on groceries and drinks.
I just want to add: You can see the different colors of the price tags. Orange means they are currently at a discount (discounts change weekly, the grocery stores even have magazines with those that you can get physically in store or digitally online) while white means that is the standard price.
I am a senior citizen who moved to Germany four years ago. Food prices were one of the reasons. For the most part, I would say most food items are about half to a quarter of what you would pay in the US. I manage on 30 Euros a week, here in Leipzig. My rent is also way cheaper than the USA. I can manage just on Social Security alone. I could not do that back in the US. I do have the advantage of being a Dual National, so I also qualify for some of the benefits a German senior qualifies for. My biggest expense is my health insurance. No it is not FREE! You pay into it, when you are working. Since I never did, living in the USA, I must pay a monthly premium. However it is only a hundred more than I paid for my Humana plan in the US. The big difference is everything is covered, including my meds. What he mentioned about the price tag, is something I also really like. The sales tax is already included in the price you pay. That goes for everything not just food. If a TV says it is €299, that is what you pay. In the US when you got to the register, it would be a lot more.
Nice hearing about your experiences in Germany, as it it more of a unique case
European prices will always be cheaper than America, they have fewer middle men in all aspects of business and generally item mark ups are more realistic the business ethics are such as to make production lest top heavy, in short less hands skimming off the little guy, the cheaper you can sell your goods the larger the market, the better the service the more likely customers will return, corporate greed is the big offender in America, European prices are normal! American prices are abnormal! There's something inherently wrong with the USA.
I’m from the UK & I just love you’re comparison vids, keep the coming‼️👍🏼🥳
The video is also a bit older, today you can pay €0.50-1€ + more for some groceries or only have 400g instead of 500g. in the pack. And sometimes you don't even buy a simple cucumber because it suddenly costs €1.99 instead of €0.99
Haribo (and other european sweets) is so expensive in the US because it is a german product and made with beet sugar (simluar to kane sugar) and the US has a punitive duty on all sugar imports to protect the american kane sugar farmers and the industry that uses cheaper kane sugar. The US goverment also a few programs to support the US sugar industry to lower the prices of there products.
So they make foreign products expensive and the own brands cheaper.
German in Venice makes really cool videos. It's normal that the tax is included, that's normal in European countries not only in Germany. Joel you have to ask why is the food in the US so expensive.
5:33 same in australia. Prices vary because of many factors. Here, in Australia, the prices have gone through the roof because of floods, droughts, fuel prices and labour shortages. Distance has a lot to do with prices too. The further the food has to travel, the dearer it will be.
Haribo and other prices are somewhat higher. A regular 160g haribo bag is about 1€-1,20€. Sure when on sale you will still find them for 0,60€
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The brother not only love the mushrooms , he love the Gewürz Ketchup 😂
I like your general attitude! Supermarkets tell you much more about the living in a country than a museum.
Whenever i visit a foreign country, i try to visit places the locals use for their everyday shopping! I've seen some amazing places 😉🤣
Haha are you me? I thought I was the only one who considers a supermarket visit an essential part of visiting any country.
in germany there is no "favorite beer". it mostly depends on the region you live. Almost every city has its own brewery. Becks is just a famous export. we have also many regional wine yards also
If you think the wine is cheap, beer starts at 29c a half L bottle for a supermarket brand, most German name brands are around 1€. all beer add a 25c deposit to bottle.
Here in Germany you can get absolutely drinkable everyday wine in the supermarket from €5. If you invest €10 or €15, that's a really good wine. Good French champagne is available from €20. Cremant (champagne-style sparkling wine) is very drinkable from €6 up. Our American friends are always absolutely jealous when they shop here and see these prices.😁
The prices are probably so low because Germany has relatively high purchasing power in Europe. Many less affluent European countries export large quantities of fresh food to Germany because they are sold in large quantities here. This allows importers to drive down prices.
When I compare the prices in the USA with ours here, I noticed that fresh vegetables and fruit in particular are much cheaper here. Here you can eat relatively healthy, even if you don't have much money.
PS: Currently, prices have risen slightly due to the war in Ukraine and the associated higher energy costs.
I doubt that even 20% of all people can recognize a while for lower then 3 Euro from a more expensive wine. Maybe the next day, but not when they drink it, especially if it is served with a meal.
The agricultural sector is heavily subsidized in the EU, making prices cheaper for everyone. In the US low income earners are subsidized with food stamps, with higher prices and more “middle men” costs for everyone else.
Buying those cheap 3-5 Euro wines with my friends and slowly finish one bottle each at the banks of the river that runs through my city before carrying on with our night is one of my most cherished memories of my youth in Germany. We did that every summer pretty regularly between 18 and 25. Good times.
Maybe I am kind of weird but at 23 I’m doing exactly this. But never without some bread , cheese and my girl :D
@@mondexponent2126 No need for bragging with "your girl", who is she your girlfriend your wife? If not, you're just keeping her away from the partner market without any need, totally unnecessarily and anti-social!
@@SELBLINK_in_your_area okay wow. Why are you so toxic. He said with his friends and I said with my girlfriend. What in the hell is your problem.
I didn’t brag about it lol
@@mondexponent2126 You wrote "my girl" and not "my girlfriend"! So it wasn't quite clear!!! There needs to be a regulation by law regarding how long a relationship will be allowed to be, as well as we need such law for the durance of work. Otherwise, you will reject leaving your girlfriend and not let her go for another guy who might also be interested in her! So you (and every male who has a girlfriend) must be forced by law to leave her, because you won't leave her voluntarily.
Yes, you DID brag about it! Your freaking girlfriend is not important for this discussion, nevertheless you have mentioned her. What do you want to try make me? Making me kill her? That would not help at all! Making me kill you? Why would you want to do that?
Is your "girl" even adult yet? And what the hell do you have f_ck that made her decide *FOR YOU* instead of *ME,* please tell me? Is it money? "Oh I'm the greatest guy in the world because I make so much money by exploiting people, so that I can afford a girlfriend!", that's you a... oh, I'm not allowed to write this word, otherwise TH-cam will delete my comment. Because of guys like you we need:
1. system change from capitalism to socialism
2. a law that sets a maximum time for relationships to have
By the way, I am not toxic at all!
@@SELBLINK_in_your_area Digga was hast du denn für Probleme… das ist meine beste Freundin aus der Schule gewesen. Viel Kohle habe ich nicht und auch sonst nehme ich keinen aus. Die kann mich verlassen wenn sie will. Werde und habe sie nie gezwungen mit mir zusammen zu sein. Warum sie sich für mich entschieden hat? Vielleicht weil ich nicht so bin wie du. Und ja sie ist erwachsen. Was zur Hölle läuft falsch mit deinem Selbstwertgefühl. Das hat nichts mit Politik zu tun. Bin ja selber links. Aber wenn du den kompletten Sozialismus haben willst dann tu allen den Gefallen und verpiss dich nach Kuba. Ganz ehrlich
8:40 - I would say that the prices in Germany are so low because there is more competition in the food trade.
10:35 - The Wicked Witch of the East.
And here is the funny thing, you keep saying "why is groceries so cheap in germany" - but germans always complaining on HOW EFFIN EXPENSIVE it is :D
The prices in Germany are so cheap, because Germany is in the georgraphic center of Europe, so if you want to export something through Europe (f.ex. north africa to north Europe, south america to Asia etc, going through Germany is the fastest route. So there is also low import tax (compared to their neighbour countries), if you also sell part of your goods to the german market.
I have a Candian friend (Iam from germany) We sometimes check our sales slip, most things are cheaper in german (nearly all) beside of bananas,they are mostly cheaper in Canada.
HI Joel, when I go shopping in Germany, I always take my box with returnable bottles with me, for that you get a deposit voucher that you can offset against the purchase at the check out. The groceries are no longer packed in the plastic bags, to protect the environment. I always pack my groceries straight into the box. Very practical.☺🌹
@@nw7630 der Getränkemarkt neben dem supermarkt bei mir hat deswegen direkt neben der pfandstelle ein waschbecken und einen Kasten an der wand, wo man papierhandtücher ziehen kann. Man kann also seine kiste auswischen,wenn die schmutzig ist
10:55 BILD has four basic components: Fear, hate, tits and the weather report.
Australian supermarkets are also inside our shopping centres (malls), some of our trolleys (shopping carts) are the same. Ours have the same manoeuvrability as well. We're pretty good at making sure that people leave trolleys somewhere that won't inconvenience others. We do have places to take them in the car park as well. Leave a trolley somewhere you're not supposed to you'll get into trouble with people who see you. Some trolleys have inbuilt devices to limit how far you can take them. Unlike some check out operators I've heard about in Germany ours will have a conversation and put your groceries in the bags you've bought with you. It's also good manners to put a divider in place for the next customer. There are some self-service ones for if you just want to get in and out in a hurry. There was a recent a major upset when at least one major Supermarket Chain tried to get rid of our check out operators.
Good old times, People braught back trolleys without money in it. I know them and I ask my mysewlfe ever since "what went wrong" and since when?!
3:36 it's sort of like a simplified mall concept. The anchor store is always a big supermarket, combined with a mix of smaller chain and small business stores. The other stuff benefits from the traffic from the anchor store.
At the end of 2021, I was in Romania. They've got the same Supermarket chains there as we have here in Germany, and coincidentally I was there in "Kaufland", too. But I couldn't believe the prices, they were even much lower than in Germany!
And to answer your question, the prices in Germany are low due to hard competition.
Sometimes you won't find products from Nestle, Henkel, Langnese, or other brands like your favorite Cola drink in a supermarket anymore. The reason is, if producers increase prices too much, the brands get simply unlisted and are not available in that market anymore. And eventually, perhaps six or nine months later, they agree on a new pricing agreement, and those brands return to the shelves again.
And btw, Harribo is actually an abbreviation, it means Dr. HAns RIegel (Name of the founder), BOnn (City of the Company).
And finally, I found out why this Kaufland shop looks so familiar to me: It's Kaufland Krefeld, my current Hometown.
About plastic bags: Last century plastic bags were free when they replaced paper bags. Then 10 Pfennig (5 Ct.) were charged. But since plastic pollution increased, most people bring bags or backpacks from home for their errands. My solution to avoid unnecessary plastic trash is, I picked up two or three plastic bags from the street in 2019, which had been thrown away by other people, and reuse those since then. At one plastic bag, I had re-fix the handles because the stuff I put in was too heavy, but I still use those same bags. That's why I don't know the current prices for plastic bags, but it should be somewhere between 10 and 50 Ct..
I so wish you would do vlogs like this Jps.
Originally, one had to insert a one-euro coin or 50 cents into a shopping cart to release the chain that locks it. This mechanical deposit is refunded when the cart is returned and relocked. Later, plastic tokens were introduced so that people didn't need to have small change. These tokens are usually obtained in the stores themselves. They work just as well because they are not unlimited. However, tools have emerged that bypass the mechanical system, and the first carts are left abandoned in the parking lots. What's even worse is that since the pandemic, people return the carts to the depots but push them into the longest queue, even if a shorter one is only 20 cm away. This blocks the traffic lanes, creating inconvenience and danger for everyone. Often, people are also observed taking a cart from one depot near the entrance and returning it far away, close to their own car. So, one depot becomes empty while the other is overcrowded. Well, the consequences of the pandemic: stress, a regression to primal instincts, and a loss of control.
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You can bring own bags or buy one in there, and then you can pack you're bag at the car or in the store.. most to it at the car
A big factor in pricing ist the way higher income. the monthly income in the usa is about 30% higher than in germany, so for accurate comparison you would need to add 30% on top 🤷♂️
The prices for everything was real. Even the holidays!
Fun Fact: The shopping cart handle says "Schnelligkeitsgarantie an der Kasse" (quick checkout guaranteed). The cashier here was not so fast.
It's more common, that the cashier has already pulled half the line through the scanner by the time you're putting the last items on the line. Then you have to run to the other end and quickly load everything back in the cart so that the cashier can continue, otherwise the next customer will make a fuss.
Fun fact: Aldi was the last chain to introduce scanners at their tills, because they were too slow. Every product had a three-digit code, and the cashiers had to know them all from memory. This way, they didn't even had to touch the items. It was blazing fast, a small fraction of the time, you saw in the video.
I don't know, if they do it Germany or the US, but here in Switzerland it's common to have an app on your phone, which allows you to scan what you buy whilst putting the items in your cart. Then you don't have to stop at all, when you're leaving the store. You just pay with your phone when you're done.
my lifehack is: always choose the line with less people in it. Even if at one conveyor, there is a big family buying a full shopping cart full of groceries, if at the other line there are 10 people who collectively have the same amount of items as that big family, then it's faster to wait behind the big family, because the payment process also takes some time.
I just gave a rough example here, but I just generally stand in the line with less people in it.
@@gwendolynsnyder463 The line with less people in it is one of the lines that are closed, that is why there are zero people standing. It takes more time because you could have to wait up to 1 hour until the line opens. So I don't think that your tip is very helpful!
@@mina_en_suiza in most of europe we have self scan, but Germany strangely is usually a bit late with that kind of stuff, despite being a hightech country. They also use way more cash than other west europeans
@@Blackadder75 True, but I get the cash thing. If you're used to it, it's still fast, and you don't leave a digital footprint, which is nice.
There is less tax on stuff like food or drinks, because it's a basic need
Haribo normally costs 0,99€ per piece, in the offer you get a bag for 0,59€. You can get wine in Germany for less than 2,00€, but it doesn't taste good (mostly very sweet).
they are not cheap, yours are crazy expensive xD
That was just like shopping in a large uk supermarket. They have hairdressers and florists and travel agents etc. prices seem very similar too. Trolleys have a £1 in or use a token
Also in France
Hey! Every kaufland is like this, it's not a mall, but it's just a theme of every kaufland, you get pharmacy, kiosk etc etc and ofcourse kaufland xD & every kafland is huge!
As a half German, growing up outside of Germany, I can confirm that Hela Curry Ketchup is amazing. The Dutch are fond of having it with their chips, next to finely chopped onions and creamy mayonaise. Don't knock it until you try it!
There are only 3 types of people. Those who only like Heinz original Ketchup, those who only like Hela Curry Ketchup and heretics, that don't like ketchup at all.
16:21 You can buy a paper bag, plastic bag or a cotton bag at the checkout. Close to my place is a Kaufland with self checkout.
joel, watched most of your views on german reaction videos. i subscribed immediately since i think it is great such a young man from the states who doesn't even know our country can be so intrigued or fascinated so much. i do appreciate this, and i am of course not alone here in your comment section, who has the same appreciation.
you still can learn a lot and if you are young enough to study abroad, feel free to do so. intuition free is not the only incentive. great channel, love it. greeting from bavaria, bretzel-land.
It is not really a mall. A mall would have at least 1 floor more. They simply are giving other businesses the opportunity to open up a store and they appreciate it.
"The only thing worse than liars... is skim milk... which is water lying about being milk" - Ron Swanson
well this video is a bit older so inflation also kicked in here in germany too :D so the prices raised alot
Becks is popular for being the most American beer in Germany
Schokoküsse used to be named Morenköpfe ( everyone i know including me still call it that
Kaufland is sort of the german version of walmart. They sometimes come with this sort of mini malls where there are some other small shops and food outlets.
Also Groceries are relatively cheap in Germany cause the VAT which is usually 19% in Germany is reduced to 7% for food and some other essential items.
Says "Playmobil"; procceeds to show LEGO Duplo
One thing you have to think about every time you see those "cheap prices" the bag sizes are smaller than in the US. US has as far as google told me 15 oz while the ones seen in the video are "only" 8 oz
first of all, the packages in germany are MUCH smaller. you can't get a 120g pack of haribos in the US i bet. also, there are cheaper non-brand products. the brand products are expensive. another thing: all the travel destinations you see there are much closer to germany than they are for the US, so obviously they're cheaper. Why do you think you don't see specials for flights to hawaii or bahamas etc in germany? because they're expensive.
Funfact: HARIBO is an abbreviation for Harald Riegel, Bonn (name of the founder and the city he founded that company in).
Hans
@@robfriedrich2822 Sorry, my bad, of course Hans, not Harald.
In Germany, we have allowed a new generation to grow up and given them absolute freedom. Our Gen Z knows no restrictions, and as a result, they find it impertinent and audacious when someone tells them not to cross the street on a red light. They become offensive, complain, and justify themselves because they have learned to find their own way to a "solution." Previously, it was a societal consensus that society educates itself. Many years ago, I once threw a trash bag into a hedge and was immediately scolded harshly by a cyclist. That memory is deeply ingrained in my brain, and I won't do it again. However, this is currently being lost, and people are fiercely defending their perceived "rights." Additionally, it's important to note that correcting individuals with such attitudes today could be very dangerous.
The main reason why it is cheaper in Germany is the wide range of supermarkets. There is a lot of competition. Supermarket companies are driving down purchasing prices and many farmers and producers don't get much money for their products. Mars tried to raise the prices for its sweets in Germany, the result: many German supermarkets have removed everything from Mars from their shelves and they no longer sell Mars products. Consumers are happy.
It's super common here that big Supermarkets got so called concessionaires in the same building but outside the actual supermarket, so they can rent a small shop in the building, it's not a mall, though.
Trvia about Haribo: this is short for the name of the companies founder and the city: Hans Riegel, Bonn....
My English is Not so well but Grocery stores in Germany are Not cheap i think this Video is from 2019/2020
this is not the curry ketchup from the currywusrt -- its normaly selfmade curryketchup - but Hela Ketchup is with the most popular to Heinz ketchup
Oh, didn't know that the "Shrooms on Venice Beach"-thing was actually a thing. Some dude living in a tent asked me if I wanted shrooms after I gave him a cigarett last time I was there, thought it was just a one-off.
Um, they are subsidized. Now look at their tax rates. Just because something looks cheap doesn't mean it is. It's all a big shell game, and you fell for it.
The Question you should be asking is why are you being charged so much to buy food in USA not why is it so cheap in Germany, UK Et al
In the US, all food which makes you sick, is cheap! All healthy stuff you should eat is expensive.
I wouldn’t buy wine that cheap but I would buy a 5euro bottle of wine in France. If it was French.
Wine for 2,89 Euros cannot be very good. When you come back to Germany, go to Baden (Freiburg), there are some of the best vineyards in germany. Very good vines to affordable prices! Greetings from Freiburg! :-)
You asked about the bags. Since january 2022 single use plastic items like shopping bags, cups, straws and other things are banned in germany. You can stil get cheap paper bags (not for free) or robust high quality bags out of thick plastic, for a price that makes sure you will not throw them away, but use them again.
This is not a typical grocery store, it's a mall, cause the regular Kaufland, doesn't have a Travel Agency or a Flower Shop or Barber Shop inside..... it's a mall..... a supermarket ( grocery store) in Germany only has Groceries
here in Germany, the bags for sale are under the belt conveyor.
I saw some reuseable bags just being displayed in dm, but in most grocery stores, the shopping bags are under the conveyor.
Groceries might be a little cheaper, however, once it comes to more expensive things like cars, the US is way cheaper.
In Germany you bring your own bags with you. Better for the enviroment.
yo Jp could you link the original video in the discription plz? =)
Plastic-bags are no more in europe. Only paper ones or out of fabric for multiple use.
Just a quick side Note in Germany u can Buy Beer and Wine at the age of 16 and Every harder or Stronger Alc. at 18. (In all villages it's pretty common to already drink beer, vodka, bacardi... at 14)
And even the prices had get up here in the groceries store I think in germany the price are still cheaper as in the states
btw all prices on display have tax already includet. 🙂
The Prices are hard calculated. That's why Walmart didn't make it in Germany either
I shopped in Wal-Mart in Germany when one of them was near my place. They included tax in their prices. But their profit margin was pretty slim and were gone a couple months later.
What was to be expected for all except Walmart.
They advertised that it wasn't cheaper anywhere. So you got all the goods that were on sale elsewhere in town for the same price there. And that was in addition to their own offers. Thus they had constantly rising customer numbers, because many saved it to drive therefore from one business to the other, but hardly profits, because offers are calculated partly extremely scarcely. Some offers are even cheaper than the purchase price to attract customers. That is then naturally an extreme loss business...
ps just read in german news that prices are going up for many things - though food not mentioned.
the $3 wine might be from Chateau Migraine though..
but it could also be quite good. it's a bit hit and miss at that price..
Maybe it's cheaper because of differences between wages?
We do't have that many actual shopping malls in Germany.
(Only the bigger cities may have 1 or 2 of them. And we actually hate that trend. Many people say the mall kills the city and I find this is true in some ways. They are considered a bad trend coming from the US, not because it inherently is a bad idea, but because our countries are wildly different and have different needs. Germany has more old town centere that usually host restaurants and shops. People walk more here and they also shop walking around. Malls are appealing, because they offer a condensed version that is bad weather proof. But the parking rarely is better in germany, because the malls are built attached to those old inner cities. And any parking can't be a shop. In my town they got rid of a green space for the mall and most people were against it, but they pushed through, made traffic worse and put a big ugly space into town.)
The thing the guy showed is something else:
What we have a LOT of though are things that are sometimes literally called the same, but do work differently.
The building is owned by a supermarket chain like Glous, Real, Kaufland etc.
But in trhe area with the checkout you have many diffeerent little stores, that they rent out and that can't be competition to the supermarket.
Most often those include: bakery and little restaurants/cafés, hair ssalon, post office, tobacco stores often merged with news stand, florist
They can include more though, like little stores that are nice to browse, repair service (for shoes, keys, watches), specialty stores (like the printer one one) etc.
They will never contain other supermarkets, bigger clothing stores, furniture etc and they are way smaller than shopping malls, don't look as grand and they are not located in the inner city.
His videos from L.A. are also a pretty good watch.
And what may break your mind about all that beer and wine?
Even if you are only 16 years old, you can buy any beer or wine, pop open the bottle on the parking lot and have a good time.
And the bier is a lot cheaper than what I’ve seen on the shelves in NY…
The food is relatively cheap in whole EU, maybe except Scandinavia, but there is it compensated by higher salaries.🤔
ok Germany are very hard market Aldi, all have to compiet the normal range for a 200 g Haribo Goldbar are from 59 cent up to 1.19 Euro most on the upper part of the spektrum.
Fun fakt thir is no Walmarkt in Germany, but over 1600 Aldi süd in the US, Treader joe´s are part of Aldi north.
I ask myself, why are groceries so expensive in the united states? All the stuff on the farms is produced in the same way in europe and the us, highly effiecient using big machaniery and on top it´s all subsidizied by the government. So where is all the money going?
Very simple: Income level of everybody is higher. You do not even ask for the income of a US. farmer.
If you compare what people can buy for their income .. this is pretty equal to europe. Just numbers are higher.
4:25 Germans prefers white asparagus over green one.
The cart thing is all over Europe. However it is vased on coins, 50 cents, 1 or 2 euro coins. Not 1 Euro only as this guy tries to indicate. (I always carry a 50 cents coin just for this.) Plastic bags are nearly extinct when it cones to supermarkets. Either you bring your own bags, or buy reusable bags at the counter. Places that still have them (meaning they did not yet run out of stock), you have to pay for hem. Less waste is better.
Actually 600€ for a week in Egypt everything included is stupid expensive. You have travel agency's here in Italy that make you pay 450€ for a full week in Egypt flight and everything included.
You forgot that Italy is much closer to Egypt than germany.
Kaufland is an oversized LIDL, It belongs also to the Schwarz Group, which owns LIDL. Like LIDL they have a few brands, but the cheap goods are their own brand, mostly generics from the brands, produced in the same factories.
Because they are oversized, they are not in the middle of the city, but on the outskirts like in the US. So it's worth to drive by for people, they build a row of shops with the market. Most of these are cheaper chain stores run by franchisees. Essanelle, is a cheap hair salon, the Asia store, the travel agency are also franchises.
Groceries in Germany are cheap, because it's the way it used to be.
Germany is the biggest market in the EU.
There are 3 or 4 major players (Edeka, Rewe, Aldi, Schwarz/Lidl) on the market with lots of power dictating prices to producers.
(For instance Edeka and Rewe both have about 400k employees.)
Historically those players compete with each other by offering lower prices. They can offer lower and lower prices by handing over that pressure to producers, sometimes with an almost obscene power play.
That's the backside of no service. No bags, No bagging boys, nobody welcoming you, nobody there to take your complains. Lot of self service. And the most important thing: customers who buy only the cheap stuff. If the more expensive things stick to the shelves, they are removed.
Today in 2023 its not so cheap anymore, its redicilous expensive...best wishes from Germany
Becks isnt popular, many drink it but its pisswater!
In my area is the best beer, we have around 1000 breweries in Oberfranken, there is the perfect beer for everyone, tho only problem is to find it!
No joke, almost every second village has its own brewery. In my comunity, 8 opr nine villages and 5 breweries! Its was only 4 till the son of the restaurant owner in my village learned brewer and now they make their own beer again.
The Pandemy made it possible to rebuild the brewery with no closings extra, it was closed anyway.
often prices can be cheaper, he is not in a discounter (lowest prices) but a SUPER big supermarket like walmart. its HUGE
i live in this city and i never was there xD its like to far outside of the city center and discounters are mostly cheaper but seeing it i might walk there this weekend xD
in germany tehre are tons of discounters. they make a win margin of like 0,1% on everything and they bug in the millions to get the maximum of discount and then only charge marginal more to sell it because they compete with each other.
in germany a supermarket often is in a 1 mile range of like 4-5 other discounters lidl netto penny aldi and you have still the supermarkets like edeka rewe or here kaufland who also compete on the price so the margins are slim and they try to break the producers in the price
*Cost of Living:*
*38% lower costs of living in Germany*
> 29% lower restaurant costs in Germany
> 47% lower Rent costs in Germany
> ...
Average *Income Tax:*
> Germany *19%* vs US *22%*
> *average HC bought/cost:*
> Ger: *7%* vs US: 540$
7% for a 100% premium HC vs at average *US: Silver premium 70% covering*
> 540$ for *SINGLE* & *1.600$ family of 4*
Family of 4 costs a german worker 7% ×2
At a 3k income 7% is *210€/month for a 100% HC premium, nationwide & EU!*
> Even unemployed, Germany steps in pays you 100% HC premium FULL.
German worker: 12% State-Retirement-Insurance
US worker: also 12% at average Retirement saving (private).
So
*Before we even start:*
>> US worker has at average to earn *38%* more, to have equal same free monthly money as a German worker.
Bc of Cost of Living.
Next:
Income Tax + HC + Retirement:
Ger: 38%
19% Income Tax
7% HC 100% premium insurance
12% State Retirement insurance
= 19% Tax *paxed* + 19% insurances *bought*
= Give 50/50 Take ~ pretty fair
US: -
22% Income Tax
17% (single) - 34% (fam4) HC private Insurance 70% premium
12% Retirement savings
= 22% + 33%
= 55% (single)
55% - 38% = *27%*
• US worker has 27% less free money bc of higher Income Tax, waay higher HC cost BUT equal retirement costs.
> US average HC premium *(silver)* costs "more than double" of a german workers 100% HC, but *only provides 70% covering* IF not copays on top coming in...
At average, a german worker has 190€ to 490€ more monthly free money as the US worker.
> Scaling up with a Family & the more kids you have...
>> The US looks from my global perspective like *"the Hungersgames"* with all its bad conditions.
Just costs not Rights/Freedoms giving to the workers included here.
>> Well... you can say a german worker has more freedom bc he gets the right granted to be able paying his HC & Retirement insurance over the Tax-Path getting insta 100% HC as a right, nation wide.
Side note:
Pre Covid19, the German HC System made *2 Billion Surplus*
_Let this sink in..._
>> Contradicting aaanything US politicans said about HC4all System cost in the US. Esp. Right but also (US) Left, including _Pelosi!_ Dems are globaly seen as center right. Not center or aaanything left, just that you know.
All the best!
Oh btw, the *NATO* report said, the US has 3rd world condition of absolut poor esp. Verginia etc.
>> There is no developed country with such a huge gab between rich and poor vs the US :(
//
I have uncle in the US in Atlanta.
He is a Heart Specialist Dr.
Millions of German workers do not even get a paltry 2,000 euros a month. How come they have "as much as 490 euros a week" more than an American worker?