LIDL prices cheaper in Italy than in Hungary?

Telex.hu compared the prices of a total of 41 products available in Lidl, both in Hungary and Italy. It turned out that even though an average weekend visit to the supermarket to buy groceries costs more in Italy, there are a good number of products that are up to 30 per cent cheaper than in Hungary. Compared to salaries, however, we pay almost twice as much in Hungary, besides the tax content of shopping is also almost twice as much than in Italy. 

It is an old myth that in Western Europe, people not only earn more, but also shop cheaper in the same supermarket chains that we have in Hungary. One usually comes to this realisation when he goes shopping during a vacation abroad and wonders how much cheaper half a kilo of cheese costs in the west, even though it was thought to be more expensive than at home. 

Telex.hu made a list of 41 products, and with one day difference, they walked into Lidl in both countries to compare the prices. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the exchange rate of the euro in such fluctuations, they assumed the current HUF 357 rate around mid-January.

How much the average grocery shopping is going to cost?

To get a clear picture, the creators of the list filled a shopping cart with 27 products. In the compilation, they tried to model the average cart of a Hungarian household, omitting certain food articles that are seasonal, expensive or only purchased by a few. By definition, they could not compare products that were only available in one country, for example, Trappist cheese.