Montenegro citizens have been facing the rising cost of living that doesn’t seem to come down. Will prices ever go back down – that’s the question that no one seems to know in MNE. CdM has compared the prices of certain food items in Germany and Montenegro.
As a side note, the average salary in Germany stands at €3.000, while in Montenegro €840.
Prices in Germany:
Bananas – €1.30
Sausage per 100g – €1.70
A litre of milk – €1
Eggs – €2
Aluminum foil – €1.70
Nutella 750 gr – €5
Flour – €0.65
A liter of oil – €1.5
Vinegar- €0.55
Milka chocolate 300g (at a discount) – €2
Avocado 0.5 kg – €1.8
Potatoes 7.5 kg – €3.3
1 kg of onion – €1
Milk chocolate 100g – €0.70
Mixed minced meat 1.5 kg – €8.5
A kilo of turkey drumsticks – €4.5
Sparkling water – 1.5 l – 40 cent
A kilo of frozen peas – €2.2
Toblerone chocolate – €1
Ferrero Rocher 200g – 2.9 euros (on sale)
Prices of the above-mentioned food items in MNE:
Bananas – €1.60
A litre of milk – €1.45
Eggs – ranging from €2.30 to €2.40
Aluminium foil – €2.89
Nutella 750g – from €9 to €11
Milka chocolate 300g – from €3.50 to €3.80
Toblerone chocolate – €2
Flour – €0.55
Sausage 100g – €2.40
An avocado – the price ranges from €1.80 to €2.30
Veal 1 kg – €8.9
Sunflower oil 1l – €1.30
Potato 1kg – €0.55
Minced pork 1.5 kg – €8.30
Minced beef 1.5 kg – €11.50
Ferrero Rocher 200g – €6.80
Frozen peas (400g) – ranging from €1.50 to €1.80
Apple cider vinegar – €1.15
Black onion 1 kg – €0.70
Sparkling water 1.5l – €0.60
not true. Only parts of it. I am German. My basket is much less expensive in MnE than it was in Germany.
Just one example: noone in MNE buys packed sausage for 2,40€ . At the meat counter it costs belo 1€