VIDEO: Food prices in Slovakia lower than in Hungary?

A Hungarian buyer compared the prices and concluded that Slovakia became cheaper than Hungary, at least considering food prices.

According to his video uploaded to TikTok, the customer did the shopping in a Billa store. That is a mall considered to be among the more expensive ones in Hungary’s northern neighbour, Pénzcentrum wrote.

According to the video, the buyer met with the following prices:

• Cocktail tomato: EUR 1.19
• Coca-Cola 2 l: EUR 1.39
• 1.5% UHT milk: 85 cent
• Nutella: EUR 3.89
• Cold meat: EUR 1.49
• Sugar: EUR 1.89
• Barilla spagheti: EUR 1.49
• Parenyica cheese: EUR 1

Most of them are cheaper than in Hungary. For example, the average price of spaghetti was HUF 846 in Hungary based on the Hungarian Central Statistical Office in January, instead of HUF 565, which is the price in Slovakia. But Barilla costs HUF 1,400 in Hungary, the video maker said.

Index.hu writes that global food prices have been falling for eleven months. However, in Hungary, the trend is the opposite.

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Here is the video:

@thekiladelphia Szlovákiába megéri vásárolni?#kiladelphia #billa#olcso #bogárliszt #zabálja #peteliszt #skodafabia ♬ eredeti hang – KiLaDeLpHiA

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Source: MTI, Pénzcentrum, Index