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That does not reflect actual reality. Retailers have answered plenty times why they are charging higher prices in Austria compared to Germany and the arguments are hard to ignore (higher cost of doing business, higher taxes, higher density of super markets, more rural delivery requirements etc.).

Specifically on that point:

> extra wages(lower than Germany FYI)

That is incorrect, the cost of an employee in the grocery space per hours worked is still higher in Austria than Germany, quite meaningfully so.



Which higher taxes? Which is higher cost of doing business?

Please be specific, otherwise it's just parroting the fake corporate propaganda of the supermarket chains.





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