Hungarian prices beat Scotland and Spain
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Striving to display the cheapest possible prices, a Hungarian news portal made a thorough comparison between the cost of grocery items in Scotland and Spain and the ones in Hungary, where the amount of money spent on foodstuff nearly doubled since 2015.
Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu examined food prices in Scotland and Spain, from banana to egg and sugar to cola, and compared them to the costs of Hungarian grocery items.
Hungarians living in border settlements can save up to HUF 40,000 (EUR 101.9)a month by going shopping in neighbouring countries. The reason behind this is that annual food inflation in Hungary was 49 percent in December, compared to 29 percent in Slovakia and 23 percent in Romania, according to the World Bank.
Two Hungarians living abroad reported on the prices in Scotland and Spain. In the former, a cheap discount chain’s, and in the latter, a mid-range chain’s prices were observed.
Once the prices had been standardised – since the products are not standardised in terms of packaging, number of items, weight and currency – striking conclusions were drawn.
Is shopping cheaper in the West?
Let’s see the prices of the most basic foodstuff that can be found in every household, eggs.
- Hungary – HUF 100 (EUR 0.25)/piece
- Scotland – HUF 65 (EUR 0.15)/piece
- Spain – HUF 50 (EUR 0.13)/piece
UHT milk was a product that was commonly missing from supermarket shelves, firstly, due to COVID-19, secondly because of the Russian-Ukrainian war and, thirdly, for the continuous inflation.
- Hungary – HUF 370 (EUR 0.94)/1 l
- Scotland – HUF 270 (EUR 0.69)/1 l
Granulated sugar is another staple that has become scarce as a result of panic puying. Due to the price freeze, although there are divergent views on that, the price of this foodstuff remained more or less stable for a long period of time.
- Hungary – HUF 240 (EUR 0.61)/1 kg
- Scotland – HUF 410 (EUR 1.04)/1 kg
- Spain – HUF 520 (EUR 1.33)/1 kg
The price of dairy products, such as sour cream, kefir, cheese but also fruit yoghurt, has recently skyrocketed in Hungary.
- Hungary – HUF 185 (EUR 0.47)/1 can
- Scotland – HUF 60 (EUR 0.15)/1 can
- Spain – HUF 120 (EUR 0.30)/1 box
