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In the wake of the latest inflation data for March, which showed an increase in prices of 2.9 percent compared to the same month last year, the Chamber of Labor has once again compared the prices of the cheapest food products. Depending on the product, prices have risen by up to 72 percent within a year, with an average increase of 10 percent. Prices have virtually exploded since March 2024 for coffee beans (+72%), orange juice (+45%), tea butter (+36%), and milk chocolate (+33%).
Price explosion for coffee beans
In its price monitor, the AK compared the 40 cheapest food and cleaning products for weekly use in seven Viennese supermarkets and at discount stores in three Viennese branches each in March 2025. “Consumers are having to dig deeper into their wallets than ever before,” it said in a press release on Wednesday. “A shopping basket with 40 of the cheapest food and cleaning products already cost almost 81 euros in March 2025 – in March 2024, it was still 73.27 euros. That’s an increase of 10.1 percent.”
AK: Many people are suffering from inflation
“The cheapest food is more expensive than ever. People on low incomes, families, and young and older people in particular are suffering as a result,” says AK consumer protector Gabriele Zgubic. “It is high time that the federal government made good on its commitment to fighting inflation and ensuring affordable and fair food prices,” she said, addressing the black-red-pink federal government.
