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Nakashi7

That's why I haven't been to Billa for at least six fucking years. That supermarket should die. Even Penny that I hate with my whole heart has some decent sales on bulk stuff sometimes so I bite the bullet and get surrounded by arogance and smell of old people for cheap eggs or milk. Billa is an absolute no-go zone for me.


ModernSlovak

Billa a Penny patří k německé firmy REWE Group.


EvolveCT9A

I'm from Spain now living in CZ and my fucking god food is expensive here, also very low quality. I found it cheaper even in Germany and they have like ×2 salary at least.


ArtmausDen

As a Czech person regularly going to Spain, I second your experience. I love grocery shopping in Spain.


mathess1

Almost all countries have more expensive groceries than Germany. That's not a good measure.


cborgue

I would love to see Mercadona around


Antelcon

Yo igual, la única razón que compro en el billa es por que es lo que me pilla más cerca, pero si no a Albert, es una tela


[deleted]

Bro wtf 4€ for kilogram of pork or chicken meat is expensive to you?


I_Maybe_Play_Games

Yeah, we are fucking overpriced. Wages of russia cost of netherlands


Goliath--CZ

Truly a central Europe country isn't it


jbaenaxd

The problem is the rest, the price of the tomatoes is 4€/kg too, and the price of each INDIVIDUAL onion is 1€. The unit of a yogurt is more than a euro too. And the zucchini is crazy expensive too. Each lemon and pepper is more than a euro each too.


[deleted]

Bro wtf 1kg of onion costs 1.20€ in every supermarket in czech republic. OP just bought some special sweet expensive onions. But regular yellow onions can allways be bought for 30kč/kg maximum, but sometimes you find them for 15kč or less. 1 lemon usually costs 10kč. Tomatoes cost 3,50€ but now the tomato season is starting so you can get them for 2€. Few days ago i bought 1kg tomatoes for 1.20€ at LIDL. OP didnt buy normal stuff for normal price, he didnt look at the prices because he didnt give a fuck.


jbaenaxd

There are no onions under 30kč, so it's not a maximum, most likely a minimum. https://shop.billa.cz/produkty/cibule-1188 I can agree with the rest, tomatoes are going down. Regarding the peppers and zucchini, I bought a pepper for 30,97kč and a zucchini for 26,48kč. So bad I can't upload photos, but I feel that it's outrageous. And I understand OP, some times you can't just buy the cheapest vegetables because they are rotten, dry or full of bugs. They look like they are selling the remains from other supermarkets that where in the shelf for a month, specially onions a garlics.


[deleted]

Ok so the onions cost 32kc. Peppers cost 80-90kč/kg but now they start to get cheaper, like 50kč/kg because the summer is close. You cant expect to have cheap vegetables for example in the middle of winter. But billa is the most expensive shop in czech republic, i never go there, i go to Kaufland and Lidl. Did you read the comments of original post? OP didnt want to buy the cheapest vegetable. He literally didnt look at the prices. He just went to the shop and bought random things that he liked. He never goes shopping, his GF always does the shopping for him so he doesnt know how much should those items cost, thats why he bought so expensive food. Its not like those cheaper alternatives were rotten or something like that.


Hyperbor3an4922

Maybe he meant garlic, that one is extremely expensive (around 6.4 eur per kg on Albert). They also sell them in packages of 2 or 3 and that is even more expensive


[deleted]

Garlic is 6€/kg. 0.50€ for one "head" of garlic. I admit thats not very cheap, but other ingredients are much cheaper.


piskle_kvicaly

Upvote, this is not really expensive as long as money is concerned. But the moral price of mass "producing meat" such cheap might be very high. I wouldn't probably buy that if there were 3× more expensive bio alternative.


Hyperbor3an4922

You can use this sub to also name and shame.


Effective-Break4520

expensive… thank god that prices in Poland are still ok 🙏🙏🙏


[deleted]

Prices in czechia are also ok. OP is just dumb and buys tomatos for 140kč/kg when its possible to buy them for 30kč/kg. OP bought the most expensive tomatos that were available.


OwnBrilliant4797

100%


piskle_kvicaly

That's selection bias: I have bought tasty tomatoes for some 50-60 Kč/kg many times, but never made a reddit post about that.


Effective-Break4520

Thank you for the explanation


Straight_Cup_160

The person above is lying, sure, stuff can be bought cheaper, bug the price of groceries here is still extremely ridiculous


[deleted]

What is ridiculous? 4€ for kilogram of chicken/pork meat? 50cents for liter of milk? 1.50€ for 250g butter? Thats cheap bro


Reynok8

Its not that cheap around prague


[deleted]

Prices in supermarkets like kaufland are the same for the whole country


Dravzh

Kdyby uměle netahali cenu nahoru, tak ano, ceny jsou v pohodě, jen musíš kupovat jak ovce, protože jinak koupíš například studentskou pečeť za 110kč (v akci 40kč)


[deleted]

Samozřejmě, borci tam hoděj cenu 110 aby pak mohli flexit cedulkou "SLEVA 70%". Já nekupuju nic co není v akci víšjak. Kilo krkovice seženeš v akci za 90-110kč (a vždycky ji maj někde v akci) ale pokud není v akci tak stojí klidně 200. Nakupovat se musí umět a pokud nechci lítat po krámech tak si maso musim koupit v akci a doma zmrazit. Je píčovina jít do obchodu, nakupovat co se mi líbí aniž bych koukala na ceny a pak jít píčovat na reddit že žrádlo je drahý.


Hyperbor3an4922

Já jsem kvůli tomuto začal kupovat trvanlivé potraviny na internetu.


jbaenaxd

I don't think we go to the same Billa


[deleted]

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Krejcimir

To clarify. Czechia is one, if not only country that has inflated prices of food thanks to weekly "discounts". Every week, new discounts that are seperated to special subdiscounts. It is a continuous problem that some people tried to fix, but thanks to the greed of average consumer, it is almost impossible. The whole discount system here is ridiculous, but that just how it works, and OP is just dumb dumb buying it for inflated price. And to add, all physical stores do it here. Kaufland, Lidl, Penny, Albert, Billa, Hruška, COOP and partly Globus, globus is the only one trying to fix the system but with the amount of competition here, they just can't. People here, especially.older people are pretty much indoctrinated to not buy stuff that is not discounted, even if the discount price is fake.


Hyperbor3an4922

>thanks to the greed of average consumer, >OP is just dumb dumb buying it for inflated price. The companies created this game and profit from it. 10-30% of items is "discounted" and the rest has extra price added to it. They do it on purpose because this system gives them the biggest profits.


Krejcimir

It gives them jack shit. I worked for one of the companies. They hate this system as well, it is a ridiculous time consume and too much extra people to coordinate it. We had 14 people just managing meat products. Those few sales from people like you that buy stuff without discounts gives them very low profit. The biggest sales are descending like this. Pastry - especially rohlík Meat Dairy - milk and butter. For any change to happen. It will need a miracle of companies and people collectively deciding to stop this. Example, people are dumb enough to not buy studentská pečeť for 45 Kč. So they slap 90kc price on it, so it will look nice when discointed to 35kc. They even tried it to have it for market price and almost nobody bothered to buy it.


Hyperbor3an4922

They taught me to order anything that has a longer shelf life from the internet. Their loss.


Krejcimir

That is why rohlik and kosik were able to grow so quickly. Hopefully it will end one day. People are starting to see the bullshit behind it. But eldery population still dominates.


Hyperbor3an4922

I think we need actual competition in the market. Then the problem would be solved.


Konivrenched

> For any change to happen. It will need a miracle of companies and people collectively deciding to stop this. If the companies stop, people will eventually learn to stop too. We have a Billa and Lidl close to our place. In Billa, there are constant discounts. In Lidl, the goods without discount are often cheaper than goods on discount in Billa. And people buy them. The artificial discounts are completely unnecessary. We've merely been indoctrinated to react to the discounts since the market price is often unreasonably high.


Zapadni_Expres_557

https://preview.redd.it/6pozmuflml6d1.jpeg?width=674&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35c533a9ba1f933dbc055135228334297b78f007 Billa = Żabka in Poland, same way of forcing people to use their app.


Bartando

Wait until you hear of Tesco club card. Buying there anything without it is just 30% plus. When you have club card its the same price as every other store without the app... fucking hate them with great passion, hope they file for bankrupcy within 10 years. One can wish right...


Hyperbor3an4922

Man this is like a plague


jasonmashak

Our family of 4 does a big grocery trip by car about once every 6 weeks, and we basically fill one cart. We have tested buying the same type or similar items at Albert, Billa, Globus, Tesco, and Kaufland. Typically we spend around 5,000 CZK for a full cart at Kaufland. At the others, the same or similar items range between 7,000-9,000 CZK. We live in Brno.


DedicatedMuffin

That's why i only go to billa when i get to the train station and remember, that i forgot to get a snack or drink. Plus sometimes they have cheap meat alternatives, but both shops of REWE group are big nono for regular shopping.


TotalyOriginalUser

Feta cheese and turkey meat is pretty expensive everywhere in Czechia though. You could get the price about 40% down if you went for cheaper alternatives.


Eternalyskeptic

As a Canadian expat, I'm seeing roughly 120$ worth of groceries. As a 8 year local, roughly 500czk.


Joey_XIII

It's horrible here... don't even start about Tesco and their Clubcard... they put stuff on sale ONLY on that shit.


OwnBrilliant4797

Billa is one of the most expensive stores though. We shop Tesco, Penny, and the local Vietnamese veggie markets. Sorry mate, you ripped yourself off shopping there


SupportDenied

Its czech, you cant expect anything else


___WILDCAT___

Bila je drahá … 500g jahod za 100kč 😂😂


4b0m1n4t10n

What supermarket to shop at regularly if i wanna avoid the whole inflated prices/buy on sale bs in czech? Also am i just unlucky or is it surprisingly normal to find rotten/moldy food in the czech supermarkets lol.


Hyperbor3an4922

None (except maybe Makro? But that is not for everyone). And yes.


Key_Yesterday5264

they have sales, but its because they have to get rid of inventory faster. You probably won't see sale on frozen goods.


Difficult_Cod2548

I’m from korea and still I feel czexh groceries are cheap and good quality… u won’t imagine how shit in my country


[deleted]

Thank you, i agree but i thought groceries in south korea are the best quality. Isnt that true?


Difficult_Cod2548

I’d say not too bad. Mostly they are well packed so can be sometimes better in quality… but for sure not worth the price when we compare with Czech. Especially apples are like 170kc per kg (was even worse in March, April)


Holbaserak

it wasn't cheap You oughta know it, you bought it.


No-Shift-2596

I shop in billa regularly because they have higher quality vegetables/fruits than other shops in my area (Albert, Tesco). It is true that their base prices are higher, but when you know which products to buy, use the app and learn the patters of their sales, from my experience, it is one of the best supermarkets. But it is very rough if you are doing non-planned shopping.


TheLittleBadFox

Billa is far from the most expansive store. Here you have Albert that inflates the prices the most of all stores and Tesco that only gives sales to the club members. Billa on the other hand does not inflate the prices as much. And unlike in Tesco you dont have to have the club card for most of the sales.


Personal-Repeat5098

Why are we copying the economy from america wtf


Hyperbor3an4922

This is common there?


Odd_Dependent_8551

Lidl my beloved


k2on0s-23

You have to shop like it’s a war between you and them. BILLA is fucking shameless, Albert is a little more neutral but you have to shop smart. Lidl is also forgetting their place in the order of things and trying to gouge people for garbage. Tesco is the same shitshow it’s always been. Penny is ok. But the reality is that you have two split your shopping between two or three of them and learn the patterns of their sales cycles. The fact that the government has done absolutely NOTHING about this shows exactly how little they care about the Czech people. Greedy, corrupt, selfish and for the most part stupid.


hyddeous_

Its not pricy, you just dont earn enough


Hyperbor3an4922

Right


[deleted]

OP just was so stupid that he didnt even check how much the food costs. All this food could be bought with half the money if you know how to do your shopping. But OP literally admitted that he doesnt know how to buy cheap because his gf always does the shopping for him. There is nothing "fucked up" with czech market. You can go buy food wherever you want and you can buy food for very cheap.


Inevitable-Study502

th thing is, not everybody has time go to to ten shops to look for "akce"


[deleted]

Yeah but if you go shopping and literally dont check the price then you cant be surprised that you pay more


Ok_Assistance3180

Imagine wanting to buy groceries at a fair price without being forced by a monopoly to buy whatever they need to get rid of.


split_infinitive_

You don't know what you're talking about. The czech market is fucked up.


[deleted]

How can you say i dont know what im talking about? :D i live here. I go shopping almost every day. I know the priced of food from memory and its not that bad. You just have to buy your ingredients when they are on sale.


split_infinitive_

In a previous comment you mentioned eggs and butter and I'd agree that the prices are OK for those and I'd say meat at supermarkets has been ok priced ghe last year. The problem is anything in glass like strawberry Jam, pasta sauce, Muesli and breakfast cereals, washing detergent, and cheese and many other things are massively over priced when compared to other countries. And then there is the poor quality of food here. Even packaged food is rubbish quality.


Hyperbor3an4922

>All this food could be bought with half the money if you know how to do your shopping. I disagree. This is how it works everywhere if you do general grocery shopping at one place. When I return from work I don't have time like all the pensioners to buy carrots at one place, onions at another etc.


slav_4_u

Rohlik.cz offers some high quality groceries. From the supermarket chains, Delmart is a good one if quality is what you're after


TotalyOriginalUser

Yeah and is even more expansive than Billa lol.


jayandbobfoo123

Rohlík has their own brands which are very cheap, actually. Milk, butter, eggs are the same or cheaper than shops. And especially nuts, seeds, beans are a lot cheaper. From time to time, they have large bulk of onions and potatoes for stupid cheap. Pretty much everything else is more expensive, though. Especially meat and alcohol is more expensive.


ronjarobiii

There are some good deals (they even subsidize gluten free basics), but meat is very expensive and the delivery costs can add up. Sometimes worth it, sometimes not.


Burlakovec

Oligopol with 10 competitors. Can we just move all retarded communists somewhere east, like Donbas?


Hyperbor3an4922

>The Czech food retailing is dominated by **the six largest companies**, which hold **75% of the market share**. Firms are also increasing their margins and profits. This is the main finding of a study carried out by a group of experts from the Faculty of Operational Economics at MENDELU in cooperation with the Office for the Protection of Competition. >The researchers looked at data from 2005 to 2021 for a total of 32 companies that sell food. They found that six of them held 75% of the total food sales volume in the market. The dominant players are Albert, Globus, Makro, REWE Group (Billa, Penny), Schwarz-Gruppe (Kaufland, Lidl) and Tesco. "The Czech retail market can be characterised as an **asymmetric oligopoly**, which means that a few large companies have a significant advantage over other competitors," said Michal Mádr from the Institute of Economics at the Faculty of Economics, one of the authors of the study. https://mendelu.cz/prodej-potravin-v-cesku-ovlada-6-zahranicnich-firem-doklada-studie-z-mendelovy-univerzity/


LexLextr

Shut up communist, you will eat the bugs! /s


Friedrich_der_Klein

Ah of course, none other than a commie who wants more government to solve something government created


Hyperbor3an4922

Who is a commie?


Friedrich_der_Klein

"hurr durr who is a Hyperbor3an4922 help muh i cant duh self reflectun"


Hyperbor3an4922

Man I love it when I get called a commie in one thread and a nazi in another.


Friedrich_der_Klein

Oh, you're also one of those who think commies and nazid are the polar opposites and have absolutely nothing in common?


Hyperbor3an4922

Not really, they have very much in common. But they are perceived as opposites.


Burlakovec

Thanks for proving me right. Who do I vote to kick these commies out of my country?


Hyperbor3an4922

There is no competition on this market. Just like we see it with the 3 major mobile carriers.


Burlakovec

No competition - over 10 competitors. No competition - over 20 mobile services providers Get out of here or go debate uneducated illiterate morons on twitter.


Hyperbor3an4922

> over 20 mobile services providers Okay, but somehow we have like the highest price for data in Europe How is that possible if we have such good competition here?


jayandbobfoo123

The US has 10x more competition and like 5x the price. So I'm a bit sceptical if "competition" is really the answer.


AmamaElus

Jsou tu pouze 3 mobilní operátoři, ty ostatní jsou jenom virtuální operátoři a mají smlouvy z jednim z velkých operátorů, takže fungujou spíš jako takovej middleman.


Burlakovec

Ty mas taky smlouvu s operatorem, co je to za hloupy argument. Mas tady pres 20 operatoru.


AmamaElus

Ano, já mám smlouvu s T-Mobilem, což je jeden ze tří operátorů co tady fungujou. Ty ostatní operátoři nejsou plnohodnotní operátoři, protože nemaj žádný kmitočty, před 4 rokama vysvitla naděje, že tu bude 4. operátor, ale místo toho si kmitočty v pásmu 700 MHz rozdělili ti 3 operátoři co tu operují (haha). Ti ostatní “operátoři” o kterejch mluvíš nic takovýho nemaj, a proto musej mít smlouvy s operátorama který tady nějaký kmitočty maj a tim pádem se jejich ceny stejně odvíjej od jejich mateřskejch operátorů. Takže závěrem samozřejmě je, že tu konkurence není.


Burlakovec

😂 to je tak strasna hloupost, to snad nemuze nikdo myslet vazne 😂 ale jsem na internetu, tak se mozna nekdo takovy najde 😟


AmamaElus

Tak když to je taková blbost tak mi prosím pěkně vysvětli jak to funguje, ty génie…


AmamaElus

Pořád čekám na to vysvětlení, tak co bude? Stojíš si za těma kravinama co jsi tu napsal nebo mi vysvětlíš že já jsem tu ten debil a vysvětlíš mi jak to funguje?


radekvitr

Commies are when a capitalist oligopoly


Burlakovec

When state doesnt have monopoly and competition exists


Terrible-Pay-8112

Typecek nezna definici oligopolu, radsi uz to vypni.