Czechs buy less and less in Poland: We have written more than once about the “shopping tourism” of Czechs to Poland. Our southern neighbors have been crossing the border in recent years to buy cheaper fuel, Christmas decorations, butter and other groceries, and in recent weeks they have often gone out to buy cheaper cigarettes. However, Czech media believe that The times when it was very profitable for the Czechs are slowly coming to an end.
Poland has become more expensive: “Polish stores offered as much as one third lower prices, and even if you had to pay extra for fuel during your trip, shopping in Poland still paid off financially. But those times are gone,” describes the website Události247.cz. It was calculated that savings of approx. 30 percent dropped to approximately 7 percent. However, it is still cheaper, as can be seen from the activity in the “POLAND – shopping, advice and recommendations” group, which has almost 220,000 members. people. Information appears there regularly, including: about promotions in Polish discount stores. This indicates that the Czechs they have not completely abandoned our market.
Germany instead of Poland? However, when visiting Czech media, it is difficult to find an article about “Czechs storming Polish stores.” Rising costs in Poland have made Czechs more willing to shop in Germany than in us. “More and more people go to Germany. At first glance it may seem that shopping in Germany is much more expensive than here, but in fact the opposite is true. The German market is one of the most developed in Europe, thanks to this offers an excellent price-quality ratio” – write the Czech media. Apparently you can buy food in as many as… half cheaper than in the Czech Republic.
Even the Prime Minister talked about it: The fact that the German market is cheaper than the Czech market became loud in 2023. Then the Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala went shopping in German and Czech supermarkets and recorded a video comparing prices. – Practically identical products from the same producers and producers are simply more expensive in the Czech Republic. IN Additionally, in Germany they seem to have larger packaging, he said. The recording received wide coverage throughout the country. The Prime Minister wanted to blame producers and traders for higher prices.
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Sources: : udalosti247.czPOLAND – purchases, tips and doporučení [Facebook], novinky.czk