If you want to lick a scoop of ice cream in Munich or Frankfurt, you often have to pay more than two euros per scoop. Certain types of ice cream even cost over 2.50 euros. FOCUS Online says which types of ice cream are now flying off the floor and why certain cakes and tarts are no longer available at the bakery.
It’s a special situation for grandparents and parents when you can’t buy even a scoop of ice cream for your little one. Because prices are rising, going to the ice cream parlor is becoming a luxury for more and more people.
A family of four pays 16 euros in many places if you eat two scoops each.
The companies had raised the prices by a whopping 40 percent. Blame the higher cost of food, transportation, refrigeration, energy, and labor.
Due to the high price of petrol and diesel, the cost of transporting groceries has risen massively. Exotic fruit in particular has to be flown in, which drives up prices.
At the same time, electricity costs have risen, in some cases by up to 40 percent. The maintenance of ice machines and refrigerated counters has also become more expensive.
The consequence? If you want to enjoy ice cream with pistachios, walnuts, sesame, raisins, blueberries, raspberries, melon, kiwi, mango or papaya, you have to dig deeper into your pockets. In many cities, ice cream parlors even charge 2.50 euros per scoop of ice cream. Because demand is falling and these types of ice cream are selling poorly, ice cream parlors are giving up production and sales.
For years, discounters and supermarkets had pushed down the prices for regional fruit and vegetables. The cheaper imports had made regional cultivation more expensive, and regional farmers had to give up.
Now supply chains are interrupted, transport is more expensive than ever and less fruit from Eastern Europe arrives in Germany. As a result, prices rise. A few years ago, a kilogram of raspberries cost around 7 euros wholesale. The prices are now well over 25 euros. A kilogram of blueberries is sometimes even available for over 28 euros.
Papaya, mango and kiwis have also become more expensive. At Edeka, a kiwi recently cost 1.19 euros.
The high foods make ice cream, cakes, tarts, syrups and sorbets unaffordable for many consumers.
Companies refrain from manufacturing and selling. Ice cream parlors are therefore throwing pistachio, raspberry, blueberry and mango ice cream out of the range and confectioneries do without raspberry cakes because they sell less well.
A Munich bakery sells a piece of strawberry cake for 3.80 euros. The raspberry cake costs 5.10 euros. According to the seller, demand is decreasing. Instead of the two baking trays per day, the baker only sells one – and demand is falling. “We won’t be able to sell raspberry cake for long.”
“Domestic production of outdoor raspberries has fallen sharply in recent years because food producers have increasingly resorted to imports,” explains Eliane Steinmeyer from the Hamburg wholesale market in a radio interview. According to an evaluation available to FOCUS Online, the import of blueberries, for example, has tripled over the past five years.
If you fancy raspberry ice cream, you should make the ice cream yourself. Look in the freezer section of the supermarket. The 500 gram bag costs around 3.80 euros at the discounter. At the beginning of the year, the product cost 2.99 euros at Aldi Süd.
To make raspberry ice cream yourself, you need raspberries, cream and sugar. Cost for a liter? About five euros.
It’s even easier with an ice cream machine. A corresponding offer can be found here.
If you also want to save, buy strawberries. A kilo is currently available for around 7.50 euros.
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