Comments on: Groceries in Germany

By: marc

marc — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:41:07 +0000

Just for your information: if there is no grocery market around, it’s possible to order a “grüne kiste” (green box) at a eco-farm around the area you life, which will reach you once a week. It costs about 15€ a month and it offers you a great variety of vegetables which are growing in Germany next to the place you life. It’s so great to create various meals with that stuff – okay, there is no cheese coming with it, but you won’t miss it, because all these vegetables are so great and fresh…

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:24 +0000

Canadian here, I think that the American ways of life are about to be greatly modified by the Asian fact, oil prices rising, and failure of Factory Farms, as capital flees to Asian markets. Even the “Merry Oldsmobile” is no longer a part of the American scene, and McMansions are all foreclosed, or soon on the block. The convulsive paradigm shifts Americans are facing are driven by a falling dollar too. Here’s hoping the German example can help them find their way. My wife and I suffered a massive down-sizing ten years ago, and have managed to do well in a re-vamped lifestyle, away from the American Dream style, here in Canada and live much as the Germans in your account do! We laugh at friends still stuck with huge two door ice-making fridges, as our apartment size fridge takes little in power and serves us just as well. We eat fresh from daily walks and bike rides in summer months, to the market-place, and eat seasonal for economy’s sake as well. As my Wife often says, “Darling there is so life after the American Dream dies!”

By: BunnygotBlog

BunnygotBlog — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:40:08 +0000

I love German cheeses but I have a problem with the tomatoes too watery and most I have seen are hothouse grown in the Netherlands.
The breads are great and most places have organic products that I like.
I like the Turkish markets.
Lambs lettuce was new to me and the whole celery root.

By: Mom in High Heels

Mom in High Heels — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:10:36 +0000

I’m going to the market this afternoon and will have to look for Halloween Kase! Sounds yummy. Our favorite German cheese is butterkase, which costs almost nothing over here, but a small fortune in the US. I too love the fresh seasonal produce available. It’s so much better than the waxed stuff you find in large super markets. And the bread! Oh, the bread! I could wax poetic about the bread.

By: Snooker in Berlin

Snooker in Berlin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:50:21 +0000

Hmmmm… I will have to keep my eyes open for that lovely cheese. The combination of ginger and pumpkin sounds quite interesting.

By: Calliope

Calliope — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:21:45 +0000

Hi there!
I can totally relate to affordable fresh food. Don’t get me wrong…groceries and supermarket staff are more expensive here in Greece than in Germany (or any other european country, for that matter…*sigh*)
But…I’ve found out which things are best bought organic and which I could buy conventionally.
That said, I also minimized the amounts of groceries and maximized the visits per week to the grocery store. That trick alone has saved me tons of money and allowed me to spend it on awsome organic food.
Nowadays, I always carry a reusable grocery bag in my purse and buy only what fits in there. It suffices our small familly of three for at least 2 days (in the summer, I’d say just one day because we seem to eat fruit all day long)
Have fun!