Differences at prices? PiS deputies at the end of March this year. They asked in the interpellation to UOKiK and the Ministry of Development about significant price differences “The same products offered by international retail chains in Poland and Germany“.” An example of such disproportion is The mower is available in the Lidl network, which costs much more in Poland than in Germany” – we read.
Prices in Poland and Germany: In Poland, the price of a mower in Lidl was PLN 799. In turn, in Germany “the same mower model was available for 99 eurowhich at the exchange rate 4.5 PLN/euros gives about PLN 445 “. Therefore, the difference is 354 PLN. There are also other examples in the interpellation: Kaufland networkground coffee: PLN 12.99 for a pack of 500 g., 2.49 euros (about 11.20 PLN) for the same packaging. Vegetable oil: PLN 6.99 per liter in Poland, 1.49 euros (about 6.70 PLN) per liter in Germany – the authors of the interpellation calculate. They write, among others About alcohol, chocolate or drugstore products on the Rossmann network.
Differences in salaries: The interpellation emphasized Differences in salaries between Poland and Germany:
- Poland: The average salary in the fourth quarter of 2024 amounted to PLN 8,477.21 gross;
- The median salary in June 2024 amounted to PLN 6507.39 gross;
- Germany: The average salary in 2023 amounted to EUR 4,479 gross per month;
- The median salary amounted to EUR 43,750 a year, which gives around 3645.83 euros per month.
“No matter”: He replied to an interpellation on the unequal treatment of Polish consumers by international retail chains Deputy Minister of Development Michał Baranowski. “From the point of view of Polish consumers Therefore, the prices of food products outside Poland remain without much importance, Because they cannot, without incurring significant additional travel or shipping costs (not to mention time), make them purchased abroad, “explains the deputy head of the Ministry of Development. He also emphasized that he also emphasized that It is not known what “methodology” stores were selected in the interpellation, and whether, for example, goods were covered by promotional campaigns.
Shops have to count on competitors? “In turn, commercial networks (including Lidl), competing for customers in Poland, can also not set the prices of their products in a way, because They have to reckon with competitors, to whom customers can go, discouraged by high prices. Thus, checking the prices of food products abroad, especially selective and in detachment from the local market, does not allow for broader drawing of conclusions – said Michał Baranowski.
“The difference was not even a zloty!”: We would like to remind you that recently prices in Germany and Poland have been closed with journalists from Deutsche Welle. According to the article, The difference was minimal. The same products from Lidlów in Warsaw and Bonn went to the baskets. “For 22 products we paid PLN 120.45 in Poland, and in Germany 28.14 euros. After deducting the deposit for a bottle (0.25 euros) and taking into account euro course of 15 April (PLN 4.29) We got PLN 119.64. Therefore, the difference between purchases in both countries did not even get a zloty! ” – we read in DW.
See also: What about inflation in Poland? More in the text “Poland 'on the box. And there is nothing to enjoy. We have one of the highest inflation in Europe”.
Source: Sejm, Interpellations,