The doner, known as Germany’s national dish, is being skewered by the rising prices of ingredients amid cost of living crisis, MPs are told
It has always been a delicious – if slightly greasy – treat for Germans, perhaps even their national dish.
But the mighty döner kebab has now become a symbol of the country’s cost of living crisis, amid warnings from some quarters that the dish will soon cost more than €10 a serving.
Peckish Germans are so concerned about rising prices that the issue was debated this week in the Bundestag, the German parliament.
Hanna Steinmüller, an MP for the Greens, raised the issue after she was approached by anxious members of a frisbee youth club in Gesundbrunnen, part of her Berlin constituency.
Among the frisbee players’ main concerns, she told MPs, was “increased kebab prices” which are estimated to have gone up from around €3.50 (£2.90) in 2022 to at least €6 (£5.10) in recent months.
In November, one major döner producer warned that it was becoming a “luxury” dish that could soon end up costing as much as €10 (£8.50).
Take my love, take my land,
take me where I cannot stand…
I don’t care as long as we
get kebab for treefiddy
Take me out to doner shack
Tell ‘em I ain’t comin’ back
Burn the meat and boil the tea
get kebab for treefiddy
All rise for the German national anthem
3,50€ for Döner in 2022 might be a Berlin thing, in other cities this price was more like 2012. A “major döner producer” is not a credible source for economical forecasting, hell it is probably one of the shittiest places to have Döner in general
Döner prices have gone up, as has everything else. Also there is no such thing as a right on having cheap meat.
there is no such thing as a right on having cheap meat
These days, the things people believe they have a right to are insane. It frequently spills over into preventing other people from doing or having certain things.
I paid 3,50 in Hamburg in 2007. These days it’s 7,90 at the same place. Just based on inflation over that period it should cost under 5 Euro.
Covid-profiteering.
Same for burger prices in the US.
Back when I was in college and shortly after, I pretty much lived on $0.99 Whoppers from Burger King.
Looking at the app, the local price now is $10.23, which is €9.48 or £8.09.
Although that is a great drunk food metric for the Midwest. Southwestern border states track burrito inflation, northeastern states track the cost of a slice, and southeastern states drunk food currency is pegged to the Waffle House bill.
The reason I went with burgers is because of the whole notion of the kabob being a national dish for Germany.
Burritos and pizza and wafflehouse are all popular, but nothing is as national as burgers.
I ordered a Burger King last week and it was £11.46 for a double whopper meal, around $14.48 or €13.40. It’s not a cheap meal any more.
Ok I love Döner as much as every Berliner but it is not our national dish lmao
Find a single other dish that is both commonly eaten and over-regional. Even if Currywurst was properly over-regional, it’s a snack, not an actual meal.
If you ask canteens the most popular dish is Rinderrouladen but I assure you a lot more Döner are eaten every day.
I propose we add Döner to Article 22 of the Basic Law. That’s where it belongs.
Currywurst Pommes is a proper meal. In due time it will merge with the Döner to something awe inspiring, an unseen godly feast of epic taste, but at the moment we‘re stuck with Döner Box with Pommes
I foresee we will get to choose Currywurst sauce at the Döner place one day. They already started with curry-mango. We’re slowly getting there. It will be the dawn of a new day, a new hope for a new people that understood that Döner and Currywurst are just two sides of the same coin
Anzeige is raus.
The California equivalent would be burrito inflation.
Similarly, isn’t there some kind of relationship between the slice pizza and the cost of a subway ride in NYC?
I have noticed both going up. I miss it when I could take the family to a diner once every two weeks and have family breakfast. Last time we did that the bill was 50 dollars. I can’t justify that kinda cost. By the looks of the restaurants in my area other people are deciding the same way.
Doner kebab for the people - this is why we fight! Whether you call it Doner, Gyro or Shawarma we stand united!
Excuse me, I will not die for gyro or shawarma.
Judging by the sketchy-ass places I’ve gotten gyros from, I’m perfectly willing to die for a gyro.
Hey at least it’s mostly cooked. The very worst case of food poisoning I have ever gotten was from a green salad.
Wir sind die Volksfront von Judäa!!!
Thanks for clarifying. I looked it up and was expecting shish kebobs of some kind but it looked like a gyro lol
I find this very exaggerated. In my experience, Germany has one of the most balanced cost-of-living situations of any developed country I’ve been to. Inflation is something all Western countries have been going through lately, but Germany remains relatively affordable compared to most of their peers.
This is what happens when the disparity in wealth grows instead of shrinks.
if slightly greasy
What? Döner is really not that greasy.
