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Everything gets more expensive! In March alone, inflation in Germany rose to 7.3 percent. This can be felt in the supermarket, at the petrol pump and also in restaurants. A restaurateur explains why a burger will soon have to cost 20 euros.
Anyone who has eaten out in the past few days may have lost their appetite when looking at the menu. All pretty expensive. Yes, the restaurant cannot help it. Cooking oil alone has recently become 20 percent more expensive, which is why fried fries could suddenly become the new caviar. And while, in the worst case, consumers have to consider whether they shouldn’t simply eat less, the increased food prices mean the end for many medium-sized restaurateurs. In episode 244 of “Today Important” we spoke to one of them. Daniel “Dan” Braumüller owns a burger restaurant in Niederkassel and explains: “We started with a kilo price of 5.29 euros for minced meat and have now reached over nine euros.” Also, the inflation would be clearly felt in the frying oil, not to mention the prices for gas. The consequence of this is also clear to Daniel Braumüller, he is now forced to “change his menu and increase the prices.” The chef is reluctant to do this because he knows that his guests aren’t making any more money either, but somehow he has to pass on the price increase in order to be able to survive himself.
Inflation without end?
Will there be fewer and fewer medium-sized restaurants in the future and will eating out be an extremely rare luxury pleasure for most people? The “stern” economic and political expert Lorenz Wolf-Doettinchem sees no end to inflation for the time being. In his opinion, neither the federal government nor the European Central Bank could do much to change that. Ultimately, it’s up to us, says Wolf-Doettinchem: “Prices are always signals of scarcity. If we adjust our behavior, that also has an impact on the price.” Consuming less expensive products would also lower their price again in the longer term. In addition, not every price increase is justified: “There are also people who take advantage of the general wave of price increases. Not every price increase that we are seeing now is due to rising energy or food prices. If someone has always wanted to raise prices, take advantage he’s now in the right moment. And it’s up to us consumers to counteract that.”
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Source: Stern
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