Germany, the country where the races are a little cheaper
Practical life by Jules Rigobert.Posted on July 6, 2012.Printed January 30, 2022 to 11: 32186 025 visits.69 comments.
Many French people make up the customers of the Edeka supermarket in Kehl (photo JR)
Who has never heard "it's cheaper in Germany!", At the bend of an alley in a supermarket in Strasbourg?Many residents of the Strasbourg agglomeration cross the Rhine to do their races: drinks, vegetables, pasta, frozen ... Are they right?What is cheaper in Germany and what is not: Rue89 Strasbourg went to watch the labels closely.
To compare France and Germany, we have done shopping at E.Leclerc (Rivetoile, Strasbourg) and at Edeka, at the City Center in Kehl, with a list of identical races, which could suit a small family for a week.In order to better compare the costs, we have taken reference products, which can be found on both sides of the border, such as coca-cola soda, philadelphia spread, barilla pasta or Kellogg’s cereals.We have divided our list into two categories: food and hygiene-entretian.You can find the race list with all the prices below.
The E brand.Leclerc presents himself as the cheapest.But for some products, the group cannot compete with German distributors like Edeka (photo JR)
Contrary to popular belief, food products are, on average, a little cheaper in France.The total amount of our races for this category is € 44.72 in Germany against € 38.93 in France.The pack of spaghetti barilla is sold € 0.80 in the French brand when it is sold at € 1.39 in Kehl, almost twice as expensive.Why this difference?Richard Nicollini, from the Consumer Chamber of Alsace, has no final response:
The Kaufland case
In Kaufland, prices are lower than in France and in classic supermarkets in Germany.But the chain is close to the hard discount brands by its positioning.Read our addition to this survey on the Kaufland case.
The Corn Flakes cereals of the Kellogg’s brand are also a good example with a difference of € 0.57 at the cash register: € 2.29 at Edeka, € 1.72 against E.Leclerc.On the side of fresh fruits and vegetables, the prices are a little more attractive in France.The kilo of carrots returns to € 1.09 in Strasbourg while it is € 1.99 in Kehl.Conversely, the 2.5 -kilos bag of potatoes is € 2.79 in France against € 1.99 in Germany.As often, the origin of the products also plays on their prices.German red peppers return to € 3.99 per kilo in Kehl, against € 1.89 for the same product from Spain and sold in Strasbourg.
Le comparatif des prix
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Les produits d’hygiène, la vraie différence
At the cash register, the largest differences concern hygiene and maintenance products.The prices of the German brand are then significantly lower than those found in France for all products.The seven articles in this category returned to a total of € 42.97 in Strasbourg against € 31.52 in Kehl.The package of layers is the most representative product of this gap.That of 28 pampers layers, category 4, is € 11.18 at the E supermarket.Leclerc against € 8.65 in Germany, for seven more layers.
It is also possible to find larger and cheaper packages in Germany.These differences are obvious in the table below.An official of the Auchan de Hautepierre hypermarket explains that these price differences arise from the conditions of purchase that different from one country to another.
The E branddeka joue la carte de la proximité avec la France en pratiquant un double affichage des rayons pour permettre aux nombreux consommateurs français de s’y retrouver
In the end our races cost us € 81.90 at the supermarket E.Leclerc in France against € 76.24 at the German distributor Edeka.Not really the reconquest of purchasing power, but for a small family, this difference represents about twenty euros per month, or around € 240 per year.
Carte des supermarchés de Kehl
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