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

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).

  • Opafi@feddit.deEnglish
    63·
    10 months ago

    Take my love, take my land,

    take me where I cannot stand…

    I don’t care as long as we

    get kebab for treefiddy

  • gigachad@feddit.deEnglish
    344·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      62·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    171·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        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.

    • LordWarfire@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      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.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • Gilles_D@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        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

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        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.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Doner kebab for the people - this is why we fight! Whether you call it Doner, Gyro or Shawarma we stand united!

  • GiddyGap@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    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.