My favorite ever German interaction was in Salem. We met them at a restaurant and eventually we asked “so what brings you to Salem?!” They responded.. “the train.”
@@basedpatriotLT You dont travel to a different Country, when you dont have enough confidence in your language skills. How would you communicate otherwise?
well thats a good sign...germans have the best grocery stores in the world. Were literally the kraken everyone is scared of in the world. (if youre a grocery store) Sooo...guess that means after all...youre a good child.
You need a mindset shift. I realized that I couldn't afford to STAY so I left. Sounds simple and technically it is. You just need to be able to work remotely and do some planning. Make your US dollars and spend your new country's currency. In lots of cases, the dollar is worth more and goes further. Also, things are cheaper in countries where the average income is cheaper. In some places around the world, you could live way better than you are now and get universal healthcare. And before you say that you can't work remotely, you most certainly can. Maybe teach English online (you don't need a teaching degree for that), freelance through dashboards like Fivr and Upwork, or even do some random remote customer service job just to get out of the US and then you can explore some other working options in your new country.
@@Kattywagon29 this is the most random place to ask but i've been trying to find remote work for over a year now since getting out of undergrad, and haven't landed anything at all. any tips? i feel crazy, i have a degree but i can't get work!
@@scoobydoobielll5632 It skyrocketed in the last two years. I'm single an my monthly budget for food was around 200€ per month. Now it's at 300€. When I was still living in a relationship it was 300€ for two people.
Possibly the number one thing that Europeans need to understand about the US is that the bread in supermarkets is only for convenience. If you want good bread you either have to make it yourself or go to a bakery.
Many US grocery stores have a bakery inside as well, but they still usually suck. If you are not in a decent sized city, you probably don't have access to a quality bakery at all. Plus, for some reason, soo many people act like bread making is sheer sorcery, so most people in the US, don't actually know what good bread is.
In a dog eat dog World, the Red Baron wins every dogfight. Down with Hunger. ..... that started strange and kinda funny, then it just fizzled out... oh well:)
In California, if it is carbonated or served hot there is sales tax otherwise not taxed. Like at sandwich shops when it is cold there is no sales tax, but if toasted then it is a final good and taxed.
@@QuikVidGuy I put it on crackers this time in smaller amounts. It's alright for a quick snack of you don't think about how's there's more oil than anything in it
This is how Germans DO comedy.... The Germans, the only (western hemisphere) people who DON"T HAVE comedy clubs.... The rest of Europe "works to live" The Germans- "Live to work"
My father moved from Germany to Canada when he was in his 50s and started brewing his own beer and growing wine because of the high prices of alcohol.😂 🍻 Prost!
I live in Germany near Denmark. Several Danes and Swedes are here to buy alcohol 😂@@marlena. (well I should be quiet was in Denmark because of special chips😂)
at least you earn more in new zealand and it makes sense that everything is much more expensive considering you live on a fucking island where much food needed to be shiped, but the usa dont have this excuse...
@@dreckigerdan3739 NZ has a lot of farm land so we don't need to import huge amounts of food and while we have higher wages than the US our money has next to no buying power. The reason NZ is so obnoxiously expensive is twofold first minimum wages were increased explosively fast driving the cost of everything up to compensate and secondly we've had a government focused on social programs with zero understanding of economics resulting in an even worse situation for everything from food to fuel and a housing crisis.Our current government isn't much better so I don't see things getting better any time soon.
I remember back around 2014-2015 when I worked at a grocery store in Massachusetts. Sometimes I got tourists from Europe came in amazed at how cheap everything was. Also that you could buy a whole gallon of milk or 2 liter of soda lol
@@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay The current issues are the result of decades of mismanagement. Laying blame on single set of shoulders is both unreasonable and impossible.
Plot twist - German groceries are 30% cheaper than American groceries because the whole German farming industry is heavily subsidized by the EU, which is paid by taxes. German taxes are 20% higher than American taxes.
You are incorrect. US farming industry is heavily subsidised by the USA. Furthermore, the average income tax for a family (2 adults, 2 children) is 9.69% in Germany and therefor lower than in the USA (10.87%). Source World data info, income taxes by country, average tax burden, 2022
Also, even if you weren't wrong on the basic facts, you overlook a huge factor: German taxes include health care. If Americans include health care, there is no comparison at all. Americans get a completely garbage deal from their government and corporations both. They need to stop voting for more of the same...
US energy is much cheaper and they have much more farmland in relation to population size. Both things that should make for lower prices. And in fact, the food prices were lower than Europe in the past. But not anymore. That should get everyone thinking...
Americans have overinflated egos about their paycheck sizes when the price of literally everything is way higher than in other countries. The paycheck ain't so big anymore once you take out rent, groceries, healthcare, utilities, etc... The higher taxes elsewhere hit a fraction as hard and make finances way easier for laypeople to handle too.
When I first visited family in the US I asked my Husband where the bread aisle was. He showed me Toast (White bread) I am still searching for the bread.
Fun fact, Aldi is a company split in two, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. It split based on a disagreement between the sons of the original post-war founder after they inherited the business. One wanted to sell cigarettes (Aldi Nord), one didn’t (Aldi Süd). Quite a bit later Aldi Süd opened shop in the USA under the name Aldi, while Aldi Nord set up shop under the name Trader Joe’s. Neither sell cigarettes anymore.
I took two years of German in High school and we legit had a quiz on all of the different breads and beers and I remember my first time shopping at Aldi and the Bakery section was lit. The bread looked like it didn’t have a pound of sugar in it 😂 and I believe I found my favorite German word now. “Expensive” I don’t know how to spell it yet.
And now you know why Aldi is growing like crazy in this country. You're shopping in a place what is meant to get you what you need, rather than a place designed to separate you from your money.
@@Ciph3rzer0 as a grocer, I don't know what the hell aldi is doing to get sane prices. the price games go all the way back to the manufacturer and if you refuse to play you lose out awful. There's times cereal and paper costs twice as much just because manufacturer says "screw you"
@@tsm688 They do multiple things a bit differwnt to cut costs. Minimal name brand foods, putting more responsibility on customers (like self bagging), smaller staff sizes, smaller stores etc all help Aldi's to soend less and thus be able to keep prices lower.
@@tsm688 That's exactly what Aldi (and all the other german discounters) is doing different. Here in Germany Aldi dictates the prices for the producers and Manufacturers they buy from. If you're a farmer and you don't play along you might sell nothing of your produce at all. Also the Aldi-Group holds vast swaths of agricultural land to make profit from tenure and land speculation. But I guess you over there are quite new to the capitalistic game. Way to go, America, way to go...
@@audiolatroushearetic1822 I feel like America just has devolped past the point where capitalism created best prices for customers and just went to the Cartel-Scamming-Game
"this is cheaper at aldi" is so real 😂 im so glad they opened one up near me before i moved out of my parents' house or i would have starved to death by now lol
@@41-Haiku He was referencing Aldi prices as it's a huge worldwide German supermarket chain, probably the second largest in the world after Lidl and rather than specifically meaning Aldi supermarkets in America are cheaper than the one he was in at the time I imagine he probably meant "this is way cheaper in german supermarkets" rather than "there are other more affordable supermarkets in America" and used Aldi as an example of a large German supermarket chain that an American audience will understand as to my knowledge there aren't any other large German chains in America aside from Lidl which only entered the American market recently, over 40 years after Aldi did.
@@41-HaikuI can’t handle Walmart food, I have Chrohns and they must put some real bad pesticides on their fruits and veggies, because I can’t digest their blueberries or salad at all, but can from places like martins. Walmart prices aren’t worth it if I can’t eat it
Did you know that every grocery store here in Germany nearly has same prices for similar "discount" products? Every store got their own cheap brand. They are mostly the same products with different branding. The competition is so high one can't be more expensive.
@@ivyblack8145: There are aldis in a lot of states now, but I can understand if you live a bit further from one where you are now... Especially if you are in a food desert. Edit: just checked, there are only 12 states that don't have any aldis.
because every country in western Europe is even bigger dick bags than we are when it comes to immigration. Trust me, I've tried leaving multiple times.
I deliver for Chick-fil-A and also Doordash and ubereats. I make $46,000 a year gross. My wife is a receptionist at a small clinic, making $36,000 a year. That's $82,000 for low skill jobs in South Texas. We have two kids and live in a 2 bedroom apartment. I've only heard white people say that we're considered "struggling." We have never felt like we couldn't afford anything we wanted.
Lol okay. So you have adapted to a poverty lifestyle. You are bragging about a 2 bedroom apartment when our grandparents afforded houses at our age. @@JM-fo1te
The grammar, syntax and vocabulary can be pretty intimidating yes. Then comes all the everyday slang and subtext. Then comes fluidity and accent. And only then you‘re.. still not finished because they‘re dozens of dialects and borrowed words. I taught a Chinese exchange student German and from my experience, it‘s one of the hardest languages in the word to learn. Chinese is probably the hardest but German is way up there.
@@bakerz129 I‘m a native speaker. Best thing is to just use the language as much as possible. Watch some proper German CZcams videos with subtitles, or even without. A good start would be Space Radio (faster paced, sometimes subtle and humorous), Jules (medium paced, good fyi on German culture and subtext), or MOG (he talks slower. But I don‘t know if there are subtitles available for his videos).
@@senges6751 Depending of state and country, you compare to, it is a bit more than half of European VAT. But can be even higher compared to lowered VAT for groceries in some EU coountries, like Finland's 14%.
It's fun driving back into Germany. Looks like a dark storm-cloud overhead, then you realize, no that's just how Germany perpetually looks, dull and grey.
Have you seen Germany of the 30s that's not at all what Germans are like. An extremely happy and hardworking people. Just at the heels of an enemy rule.
@@SQERDOMOONLIGHTAverage income in the US 2023 was $59,000 while in Germany it was $55,000. The figures vary depending on the source but as you can see the difference is not large, next time you are thinking of making a comment without any evidence just based on feelings stay quiet.
Why isn't the vat just in the price to begin with? In the uk we have wholesale shops that sell to businesses. But the regular grocery stores are for your weekly shop right?
@@RooRichy Basically, Sales Tax is set by the state rather than the federal government, and as such varies from place to place. Companies like to be able to advertise their product being a particular price in national advertising campaigns, so they give the pre-tax price. I don't know what the shops' excuse is.
Can confirm, my German ex said she nearly broke down crying in the first supermarket she went here in the US thinking she wouldn't be able to live. Luckily it was one of the more expensive chains and I introduced her to cheaper ones that were closer to "German prices" as she said
Yeah, if you go to one of the fancy chains in a big city, of course the prices are jacked. Looks like they're wandering an expensive store, which I know they have in Germany too.
She'd have a meltdown in Canada, our prices keep rising so fast (and we were already more expensive than the US) that I feel like I'll have a meltdown every week from something else doubling in price seemingly overnight. How can kiwis go from 33 cents to 1.25!!!
@@Joanna_135we don't really have expensive supermarkets in Germany. Unless you mean bio stores or something like that. But the store shown in this video didn't seem like a bio or specialty store.
Ich war 2009 in America und hatte die gleiche Reaktion und das beste war, dass erst an der Kasse die Steuer drauf kamm. Ich hab dann nur noch nach den Schnäppchen geschaut die Preise vom Laden zu Laden haben auch extremst geschwenkt.
The fact that Germans have to pay way more taxes for literally everything ... and he still says "its to expensive to everything" is mindblowing to me. Btw ask any Germany how it is to make yourself "an own bussiness" I just say it now have fun paying 600 dolar for health insurance 800-900 rent "mehrwehrtsteuer-Taxes on literally any product u buy when u buy 1 liter gas and pay 2 dollars u literally pay 40 cents for it and the rest of the 1,60 is taxes"
@user-qq1id7wg1q Well, Europeans are use to being stepped on by taxes. All of us are just surprised now because our government is finally trying to fully catch up with Europe and it's stupid tax policies that only really work of you've got a large nation subsidizing the entire continent's military.
@@splatter5218 seriously? Who the fuck wants a mansion? I just want more then one meal every two days. Health care that doesn’t cost less to just die. And a mattress. But you go ahead with what ever fantasy YOU live in.
My heart broke the day they closed our Lidl. From the time it opened to the day it closed it was the only grocery store we would shop in. Aldi is good too though so we still have that
The cool thing with Aldi in Germany is that they have a bakery inside, so fresh bread and pastries. The most expensive pastry I purchased was $1.50, with the average around $0.25-$0.50. I ate there a lot, even had mini cold brew coffees that were about $0.50 each.
@shelleybelleyHI in the UK they have lidl and aldi, and both have own Instore bakeries, while the so called bigger supermarkets rarely do, I prefer Lidl over aldi tbh but both are good, I get most of my baked goods from there, much cheaper and fresher than most other supermarkets.
@@shelleybelleyHI I got to experience both Lidl and Aldi when i moved to Denmark in 2022. As a norwegian i was quite impressed, especially at Lidl considering quality vs price.
@@sweetsunnyvibes i was, i'm a German. I'm not an American citizen and never was there and i'm not sure prices can be traumatizing. Which is why i asked.
I moved abroad and back and now how expensive everything is in the states pisses me off. I paid less for IMPORTED AMERICAN PRODUCTS abroad than I pay for them here...
I had to explain to a German couple about our Rewards program, and they responded "Do we have to pay for that too?" I immediately laughed and was like "yes, yes you do".
The “too much to choose from” is very accurate. I go into a grocery store, get overwhelmed with all the options, and then leave without buying anything because it was too overwhelming lol
@@kingrainbow5432 I haven't even eaten a real meal within the last few weeks. I eat food but none of it is good or is good to eat but that's all I can afford. By a real meal I mean a plate that has all the nutrients that should actually be there like proteins, grains, fruits and vegetables. Usually whatever I could eat is just a couple pieces of toast or cheap snacks.
Grocery stores were insane and ridiculous and overpriced before that, since the pandemic it's just off the f****** charts. We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.
@@kevmccormick1767 It's worse in Canada. But the worst is in communist countries, where the average person can barely afford to eat. This is more an indication of what happens when capitalist realities are ignored.
@@matthewatwood8641"But the worst is in communist countries" The only people who parrot this point think Germany is socialist and yet they're doing fine for themselves
@@Professor_Utonium_it really is that bad though. Inflation is seriously out of control in only the U.S. cuz when I went to Japan everything was so cheap and affordable I was almost moved to tears.
@@Professor_Utonium_ Bro it is. I buy the same items. Over the passed 2-3 years these buys have went from spending 40 dollars and having food and household supplies for 2 weeks... to 60 to 80 to 90 dollars. I do not eat those same things now, because it's over 100+ for 18 items... but even the items that I am buying still cost 80 to 90 bucks.. My pay hasnt went up but the price of living is absolutely stulid. They figured out we used white distilled vinegar instead of a lot of form cleaning products so now the same jug of WDV costs almost 4 bucks when for years its only cost 99 cents. so stop lying to yourself The last month they started discontinuing the sale of smaller items to only allow for these huge mega packages... cuz no one was buying them. Figuring you will buy them, since no other option. Maybe some people - people like you, but as for me - I wont buy it. I can do without a lot and still be happy. People like you are absolutely blinded by ignorance or have decided to ignore reality and live in some delusional state of mind.
@mslim I 'm German trying to learn French. I feel just like you: I'm getting lost when they start talking so fast. Reading and writing gets better and better, but it takes time 😅 Don't give up 👋 Nicht aufgeben!
@@RJ-wj4el bonne chance! je dois admettre que j'ai jamais eu à apprendre le français, mais je suis bilingue en anglais et en français et j'essaie d'apprendre l'allemand. j'ai l'impression que l'allemand fait un peu un mélange d'anglais et de français, donc j'imagine que tu y arriveras!
Is it expensive?
Yeah
Yes. A million times yes
Such much?
Inflation, baby
Heck, even NL is more expensive than Germany
My favorite ever German interaction was in Salem. We met them at a restaurant and eventually we asked “so what brings you to Salem?!” They responded.. “the train.”
XD that was rare German Satire.
Wir sind hier doch nicht bei Schloss Salem! 😂😂
So sieht deutscher Humor aus 😁
@@smaragdwolf1 or maybe they were not good english speakers and did nly know this phrase of what brings used not in a literal way
@@basedpatriotLT You dont travel to a different Country, when you dont have enough confidence in your language skills. How would you communicate otherwise?
Germans and Grocery stores have the same relationship as Asian parents and their children, where parents are constantly dissapointed in them. 🤣
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Because it's true @@husen5033
well thats a good sign...germans have the best grocery stores in the world.
Were literally the kraken everyone is scared of in the world. (if youre a grocery store)
Sooo...guess that means after all...youre a good child.
As a german i can approve
As someone with German heritage I can confirm this is true
You left out the bit where they go to the counter and discover that tax is added on at checkout
There's no sales tax on food in my state
Get rekt loser
Ah god really?
😧
Not in every state though.
Yeah, and then they laugh at you and leave without paying
As a Brit, I can only associate cheese in a can with the Goofy movie.
Really? What about "Where's my Cheez Whiz, boy?!"
No?
that's a deep cut but I'm here for it
As an American, so do i
Ya done good 👍
What can I say except, you're welcome?
"how do you live here?"
You misunderstand, I survive here 😢
Yeah $120 to feed a family of 5 for a week is unsustainable
Barely!
@Sgtgump9873 that's actually really good. Right now it's that price for 1 or 2 people a week.
@@Sgtgump9873 $120? Try $2,000
@@Sgtgump9873 How can you feed a family of 5 for just $120?
"How do you live here?"
I can't afford to leave
UK: same, plus we're still being invaded by europeans. (saxons, vikings, dutch, normans etc)
You need a mindset shift. I realized that I couldn't afford to STAY so I left. Sounds simple and technically it is. You just need to be able to work remotely and do some planning. Make your US dollars and spend your new country's currency.
In lots of cases, the dollar is worth more and goes further. Also, things are cheaper in countries where the average income is cheaper. In some places around the world, you could live way better than you are now and get universal healthcare.
And before you say that you can't work remotely, you most certainly can. Maybe teach English online (you don't need a teaching degree for that), freelance through dashboards like Fivr and Upwork, or even do some random remote customer service job just to get out of the US and then you can explore some other working options in your new country.
@@tomstech4390 again???
@@Kattywagon29 this is the most random place to ask but i've been trying to find remote work for over a year now since getting out of undergrad, and haven't landed anything at all. any tips? i feel crazy, i have a degree but i can't get work!
@@Kattywagon29exactly. People just love to complain and not do anything
The childlike joy on his face when he saw the Red Barron pizza killed me 😂
“How can you live here?” We can’t 💀
„Thats illegal back home“ summs up everything in a US Supermarket
true and subway bread got classified as cake
@@Glaaki13I bought a shotgun at walmart last week
Yep. Because it's the dyes usually. But then again they aren't that bad.
@@vincentknwsamericas obesity and health issues say otherwise
@@vincentknws love me some red 40
Americans shopping in the US:
_that's expensive. that's expensive. that's expensive._
Germany is more expensive though, look up average monthly food costs between the two nations
@@scoobydoobielll5632just no
@@scoobydoobielll5632 It skyrocketed in the last two years. I'm single an my monthly budget for food was around 200€ per month. Now it's at 300€. When I was still living in a relationship it was 300€ for two people.
@@scoobydoobielll5632id argue that germans have better nutrition quality
@@scoobydoobielll5632though most people get paid a little more, it’s still expensive but even I think US prices are getting ridiculous
That “ne” in “Das ist aber traurig, ne” is perfection
Possibly the number one thing that Europeans need to understand about the US is that the bread in supermarkets is only for convenience. If you want good bread you either have to make it yourself or go to a bakery.
So... exactly like Europe? 😂
That's like Europe, except, besides the cheapest breads there are also pretty good breads and buns too. It's still not bakery quality, but it will do.
Or a better grocery store..
@@cloudshifterWe have bakeries within supermarkets in the Netherlands, so it kinda is the same but at the same time it's not
Many US grocery stores have a bakery inside as well, but they still usually suck. If you are not in a decent sized city, you probably don't have access to a quality bakery at all. Plus, for some reason, soo many people act like bread making is sheer sorcery, so most people in the US, don't actually know what good bread is.
"Oh look! The Red Baron!"
80 CONFIRMED AIR VICTORIES
Snoopy
In a dog eat dog World, the Red Baron wins every dogfight. Down with Hunger. ..... that started strange and kinda funny, then it just fizzled out... oh well:)
That one got me!
born a soldier from the horseback to the skies, and the legend never dies
I expected to see at the end his realisation that the tax isn't included in the prices 😂
Lol so annoying
Depends on the jurisdiction, but I know in Canada most groceries are exempt from the sales tax.
@@joshuabrownell3993 Not in NH though. No sales tax.
Many if not most states have like 0-1% tax on groceries
In California, if it is carbonated or served hot there is sales tax otherwise not taxed. Like at sandwich shops when it is cold there is no sales tax, but if toasted then it is a final good and taxed.
"How can you live here?"
With barely suppressed rage at the system that created this.
As an aussie, any super market that sells alcohol blows our mind.
I live in the US and it also blows my mind since it's not legal in my state. 50 states with 50 different sets of laws...
In Argentina we sell alcohol in supermarkets/groceries shop but it's illegal buy after 21 hs you have to buy it earlier
EU supermarkets sell them too. You got a whole isle shelf just for wines, then stuff like Gin, Scottish and American Whiskey, Rum etc.
@@cloudshifter*aisle
That's a state by state thing. I miss not being able to buy booze in the grocery store (California) since I moved back to Kansas.
From”that’s expensive. “to “that’s sad. “was gold.
Everything is sad and expensive😞
"6$ for coke that's cheap!"
This is so accurate....of Germans in America
Fr though, just tried one of them the other day and a hungry man isn't who these are for, it's name sake is what you're going to be after you finish.
And why it is sad ?
"Like in the Goofy Movie!" The sheer enthusiasm in that statement
I tried that thing when I was a kid when that dude put a pile of easy cheese in his hand and eat it. I didn't try it again for 20 years lol
@@JosephShemelewski So how was the second attempt 20 years later
@@QuikVidGuy I put it on crackers this time in smaller amounts. It's alright for a quick snack of you don't think about how's there's more oil than anything in it
As someone who is not American, I too was excited to find out that canned cheese from the Goofy Movie is real
This is how Germans DO comedy....
The Germans, the only (western hemisphere) people who DON"T HAVE comedy clubs....
The rest of Europe "works to live"
The Germans- "Live to work"
So Germans turn Japanese when grocery shopping
They were allies, after all-
Just bought a shirt. Know it’s not much but trying to support you through this difficult time. Keep your head up man
DO NOT SHOW THEM THE ALCOHOL PRICES
We couldn’t bear to show those beer prices. Is it for kings only??
@@calvinandhabsand I bet it taste bad compared to bear you can get in Germany
My father moved from Germany to Canada when he was in his 50s and started brewing his own beer and growing wine because of the high prices of alcohol.😂 🍻 Prost!
Why is it cheaper in German?
@@duck_entertainmentbecause Bier ist ein Grundnahrungsmittel ❤
"germany! germany!"
"also expensive."
Because it's imported lol Cheaper to buy in Germany
As a Dutchie I confirm this. Many of us go to Germany for gas and groceries😅@@GraysonVoisinet
I live in Germany near Denmark. Several Danes and Swedes are here to buy alcohol 😂@@marlena. (well I should be quiet was in Denmark because of special chips😂)
It's swiss tho 😅 not german
@@catsplayharryholmes9482 haha on of the benefits of having more flexible borders🤭
Laughs in NewZealander. Poor child you have not yet begun to know the word 'Expensive'.
at least you earn more in new zealand and it makes sense that everything is much more expensive considering you live on a fucking island where much food needed to be shiped, but the usa dont have this excuse...
@@dreckigerdan3739 NZ has a lot of farm land so we don't need to import huge amounts of food and while we have higher wages than the US our money has next to no buying power. The reason NZ is so obnoxiously expensive is twofold first minimum wages were increased explosively fast driving the cost of everything up to compensate and secondly we've had a government focused on social programs with zero understanding of economics resulting in an even worse situation for everything from food to fuel and a housing crisis.Our current government isn't much better so I don't see things getting better any time soon.
I remember back around 2014-2015 when I worked at a grocery store in Massachusetts. Sometimes I got tourists from Europe came in amazed at how cheap everything was. Also that you could buy a whole gallon of milk or 2 liter of soda lol
this is exactly why aldi opening over here was a multi-billion dollar nobrainer
I love aldi, every time I shop there or my friends shop there and we look at the receipt we always say "wow that was so cheap"
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Oh yeah and I love the verity.
@@Desgaxit's funny you say it like that, because it's their slogan
@@marcellopez200Isn't that the slogan of like EVERY grocery store here or am I crazy? xD
I love the singular wholesome moment with, "Oh look, the Red Baron!" 😂😂😂
*_”80 CONFIRMED AIR VICTORIES!”_*
Also "like in A Goofy movie!"
and the "Deutschland! Deutschland!"
"AND HE'S FLYING HIGHER, KING OF THE SKIES... "
HE'S FLYING TOO FAST AND HE'S FLYING TOO HIGH!!
You forgot the "Why is that so big, who's supposed to eat that all"
They should check out Lidl in the US!
"How do you even live here"
"Barely" 😂😂😂
I assume you'd much rather live in Libya than the awful un*ted st*ates
Too many people voted for Robinette 😭
@@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stay The current issues are the result of decades of mismanagement.
Laying blame on single set of shoulders is both unreasonable and impossible.
"You don't."
"If at all"
*puts bread to ear*
*enhances German senses*
“Not good bread”
😂😂
Makes sense. A good bread has a hard crust and hollow sound when you knock on it.
It also makes a special sound when squeezing.
@@auraluna7679 I saw Ratatouille too ;)
@@auraluna7679 The smell is also important. Stale vs fresh bread smell are worlds apart.
@@auraluna7679Wrong. Absolutely everything European is just wrong. Bread should be soft, not hard.
If you're going to buy bread, go to Costco bakery, cut it, and freeze it.
Plot twist - German groceries are 30% cheaper than American groceries because the whole German farming industry is heavily subsidized by the EU, which is paid by taxes. German taxes are 20% higher than American taxes.
You are incorrect. US farming industry is heavily subsidised by the USA. Furthermore, the average income tax for a family (2 adults, 2 children) is 9.69% in Germany and therefor lower than in the USA (10.87%).
Source World data info, income taxes by country, average tax burden, 2022
Also, even if you weren't wrong on the basic facts, you overlook a huge factor:
German taxes include health care. If Americans include health care, there is no comparison at all.
Americans get a completely garbage deal from their government and corporations both. They need to stop voting for more of the same...
US energy is much cheaper and they have much more farmland in relation to population size. Both things that should make for lower prices.
And in fact, the food prices were lower than Europe in the past. But not anymore. That should get everyone thinking...
There are more to taxes then just income. You need to look at the whole tax burden.@@neodym5809
Americans have overinflated egos about their paycheck sizes when the price of literally everything is way higher than in other countries. The paycheck ain't so big anymore once you take out rent, groceries, healthcare, utilities, etc... The higher taxes elsewhere hit a fraction as hard and make finances way easier for laypeople to handle too.
When I first visited family in the US I asked my Husband where the bread aisle was. He showed me Toast (White bread) I am still searching for the bread.
That’s why you have to find a grocery store with an in-house bakery/deli or find a stand alone bakery
Fun fact, Aldi is a company split in two, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. It split based on a disagreement between the sons of the original post-war founder after they inherited the business. One wanted to sell cigarettes (Aldi Nord), one didn’t (Aldi Süd). Quite a bit later Aldi Süd opened shop in the USA under the name Aldi, while Aldi Nord set up shop under the name Trader Joe’s. Neither sell cigarettes anymore.
they do sell cigarettes in Germany. At least Aldi Nord.
Trader Joe’s was an independent business that was purchased by Aldi Nord, rather than a part of Aldi originally
@@mclera8566Aldi Süd does too xD
In Europe, Aldi is a whole cigarette experience.
In the uk one is Aldi, the other lidl.
“Like in the Goofie Film!” came out of left field and knocked the winds out of my sails with how hard I’m blowing wind through my nose
That's because spray cheese doesn't exist outside of the US as far as I know.
Wasn't it the character that Paulie Shore played in the goofy movie in which he sprayed can cheese on everything?
@@Menaceblue3 yeah Bobby I think his name was.
@Big_B_007 it does. Just extremely rare
I died because of your comment
I took two years of German in High school and we legit had a quiz on all of the different breads and beers and I remember my first time shopping at Aldi and the Bakery section was lit. The bread looked like it didn’t have a pound of sugar in it 😂 and I believe I found my favorite German word now. “Expensive” I don’t know how to spell it yet.
The “That’s Illegal in my country” got me laughing (bc of the time Mountain Dew had a contest to name a new flavor and they asked the internet)
The fact that he was confused about the chuppa chuppa soda beacause its only a lolipop in Europe
Just have in my mouth.
Not true. You can buy Chuppa chups soda in Europe
In Germany?
I saw that recently in a store here in Germany (uncommon but exist)
@@aesinam yes. ITs on the Edeka list and bigger ones have it in stock.
"Six cokes for one dollar?"
"Thats cheap!" 😂
It really is, a single coke on other countries is around 0.60 cents
In my country its 12
@@Rolfhn I know, in germany 1 can is at 1.20€
@sombra2738 £1.25 for a can in scotland
They are 2 ounces each.
Many thanks for this video! I loved it.
When he walked with his hands behind his waist he looked like an Asian Uncle😂
How the US got both a food waste problem and a food security problem.
Methhead government
Hehe americabad
Ahhh, don't forget about the food safety problem!
Food management problem, too
We are just that powerful.
Just have to stop subsidizing other governments entire defense budgets
AMEN
The subsidizes the entire economies of some countries.
I'm sure the politicians will find other ways to use tax money not for the benefit of citizens if they stopped sending money overseas
it's an investment, sandland does not feed an entire country
Imagine how much money you would have saved if you didn't invade the middle east
“How can you live here?”
Poor, we live here poor. lol
As a grocery store employee, I would like to give a shout out to whoever faced those shelves. They did a top tier job.
They are at uncle guiseppes, which is a bouji ass supermarket. Also why everything is so expensive
No, they are at whole foods.
@@jguy584 i mean either way everything is way to expensive even at walmart and shit lol
because of a certain president
No they're not. 🤦♂️ @6Sparx9
your comment gave ptsd.
"That's illegal back home." - grins 😁
Yeah, the caffeine content in MT. Dew is way too high for Europe.
@@goopahTo be fair that thing is barely a beverage at this point, just by looks alone it looks like a radioactive solution.
@@goopahIt’s the chelating agent EDTA that is banned from being in any consumable in Europe.
@@judemapp8804 Hey, thanks for the clarification. I just looked it up, and ... I had no idea.
I like the fact that's the one thing he keeps in his hands going forward. So his one purchase
The way that video is cut and how the kines are delivered is a masterpiece!
can you guys do more videos like this. this actually helps me interpret german better
And now you know why Aldi is growing like crazy in this country. You're shopping in a place what is meant to get you what you need, rather than a place designed to separate you from your money.
Yeah. I don't know how these other places stay in business. People are just too dumb to comparison shop?
@@Ciph3rzer0 as a grocer, I don't know what the hell aldi is doing to get sane prices. the price games go all the way back to the manufacturer and if you refuse to play you lose out awful. There's times cereal and paper costs twice as much just because manufacturer says "screw you"
@@tsm688 They do multiple things a bit differwnt to cut costs. Minimal name brand foods, putting more responsibility on customers (like self bagging), smaller staff sizes, smaller stores etc all help Aldi's to soend less and thus be able to keep prices lower.
@@tsm688 That's exactly what Aldi (and all the other german discounters) is doing different. Here in Germany Aldi dictates the prices for the producers and Manufacturers they buy from. If you're a farmer and you don't play along you might sell nothing of your produce at all. Also the Aldi-Group holds vast swaths of agricultural land to make profit from tenure and land speculation. But I guess you over there are quite new to the capitalistic game. Way to go, America, way to go...
@@audiolatroushearetic1822 I feel like America just has devolped past the point where capitalism created best prices for customers and just went to the Cartel-Scamming-Game
Growing up near an Asian supermarket and a German grocery store has saved me so much money
And then they realised that taxes are added at the cashier. So it’s even more expensive
We have Aldi here lol
I love how the sausage didn’t even need words.
He told enough with that "🤢"
that brand is actually nice though
I don't know German but I just learned "teuer" means "expensive". Thank you, Gents!
And if you add in an r for teurer, it means more expensive
@@Hendricus56 so if you add an extra er to make it teuerer it becomes even more expensive, right?
@@theantagonist801No it goes from expensive to more expensive to most expensive with every adjective
@@theantagonist801 No, teuer, teurer, am teuersten. Those are the 3 stages. Expensive, more expensive and the most expensive
And for a bonus Traurig means sad
I appreciate that canned cheese Goofy movie joke 😂 man I’m getting old
what i hear: "that not my toilet"
"this is cheaper at aldi" is so real 😂 im so glad they opened one up near me before i moved out of my parents' house or i would have starved to death by now lol
Y'all don't have Kroger or Walmart where you are? I gave up on going to Aldi because it's usually slightly more expensive.
@@41-Haiku He was referencing Aldi prices as it's a huge worldwide German supermarket chain, probably the second largest in the world after Lidl and rather than specifically meaning Aldi supermarkets in America are cheaper than the one he was in at the time I imagine he probably meant "this is way cheaper in german supermarkets" rather than "there are other more affordable supermarkets in America" and used Aldi as an example of a large German supermarket chain that an American audience will understand as to my knowledge there aren't any other large German chains in America aside from Lidl which only entered the American market recently, over 40 years after Aldi did.
I got Kroger and Walmart where I am and I get more goin to Aldi than them to on the same price. Aldi slaps.
@@41-HaikuI can’t handle Walmart food, I have Chrohns and they must put some real bad pesticides on their fruits and veggies, because I can’t digest their blueberries or salad at all, but can from places like martins. Walmart prices aren’t worth it if I can’t eat it
Did you know that every grocery store here in Germany nearly has same prices for similar "discount" products? Every store got their own cheap brand. They are mostly the same products with different branding. The competition is so high one can't be more expensive.
The Aldi one is so true
Ikr. I have a thermos bottle from Aldi from like 8 years ago. Lidl quality can't compare
@@CrinkledSoul The Germans are fighting again.
The one thing I miss about living in Connecticut was having an Aldi.
Can’t get enough of Aldi.
@@ivyblack8145:
There are aldis in a lot of states now, but I can understand if you live a bit further from one where you are now... Especially if you are in a food desert.
Edit: just checked, there are only 12 states that don't have any aldis.
Part with the red baron got me 😂
Ok the Goofy movie line made me laugh. 😂
“How can you live here?”
I’m sure some of us ask that to ourselves every day
Ovunque 😢
because every country in western Europe is even bigger dick bags than we are when it comes to immigration. Trust me, I've tried leaving multiple times.
To be honest, we are barely even living
I deliver for Chick-fil-A and also Doordash and ubereats. I make $46,000 a year gross. My wife is a receptionist at a small clinic, making $36,000 a year. That's $82,000 for low skill jobs in South Texas.
We have two kids and live in a 2 bedroom apartment. I've only heard white people say that we're considered "struggling." We have never felt like we couldn't afford anything we wanted.
Lol okay. So you have adapted to a poverty lifestyle. You are bragging about a 2 bedroom apartment when our grandparents afforded houses at our age. @@JM-fo1te
"its cheaper at ALDI" yeah thats why I do all of my shopping at ALDI
It isn't cheap to shop at Aldi Australia, though.
@@Greenfield-yf1wh Cheaper than Coles or Woolies though.
You haven't had proper raging shits until you've tried to make a meal with Aldi food.
@@dexecuter18cool story bro
@@dexecuter18bro I think you may have an intolerance 💔
I've been learning german for a couple months now, and watching this guys videos makes me realize how far I've got to go.
The grammar, syntax and vocabulary can be pretty intimidating yes. Then comes all the everyday slang and subtext. Then comes fluidity and accent. And only then you‘re.. still not finished because they‘re dozens of dialects and borrowed words. I taught a Chinese exchange student German and from my experience, it‘s one of the hardest languages in the word to learn. Chinese is probably the hardest but German is way up there.
@SahnigReingeloetet Any tips, or are you a native German speaker?
@@bakerz129 I‘m a native speaker. Best thing is to just use the language as much as possible. Watch some proper German CZcams videos with subtitles, or even without. A good start would be Space Radio (faster paced, sometimes subtle and humorous), Jules (medium paced, good fyi on German culture and subtext), or MOG (he talks slower. But I don‘t know if there are subtitles available for his videos).
"Das ist teuer" gonna be running in my head every time i go to a grocery store xD
imagine the cashier would then say it is tax exclusive💀
Which is another wonderful idiot american idea.
You pay tax at the counter?
WHAT thats a Stupid System for Tax bruh
@@senges6751 Depending of state and country, you compare to, it is a bit more than half of European VAT. But can be even higher compared to lowered VAT for groceries in some EU coountries, like Finland's 14%.
Sales tax is like 9% in California but not on food, no tax on actual food item
Germans: life is an existential struggle of misery and darkness and pain and we love it
Also Germans: the Goofy Movie cheese is too expensive
It's fun driving back into Germany. Looks like a dark storm-cloud overhead, then you realize, no that's just how Germany perpetually looks, dull and grey.
😮😮😮😮
Have you seen Germany of the 30s that's not at all what Germans are like. An extremely happy and hardworking people. Just at the heels of an enemy rule.
@@zteaxon7787 it's a callback to an older skit they did.
@@zteaxon7787 Germans are not extremely happy people, but they do work hard.
😂😂 I keep seeing my mom and my grandma in this somehow. It all makes sense why they so cheap.
“Oh look the Red Baron” had me dying 🤣
I sat through this whole video waiting for a _"such much"_
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
Such much disappointment?
Such much
Such much is my favorite
For anyone who's missing the reference: czcams.com/video/Th0G8rkhBqg/video.htmlsi=nUixpuiYsjiI9CFP
ditto!
"How can you afford to live here?"
"That's the neat thing, we can't!"
Try living in Canada
It's funny though because food in Germany is actually more expensive than in the U.S.A
@@THEDEEDSMANAbsolutely not
@@WangGoldentake salaries into account. US middle class makes more than 100k. Germany you can make 70-80k at absolute top only 😂😂
@@SQERDOMOONLIGHTAverage income in the US 2023 was $59,000 while in Germany it was $55,000. The figures vary depending on the source but as you can see the difference is not large, next time you are thinking of making a comment without any evidence just based on feelings stay quiet.
I love Aldi too 😊 thankfully they opened here in So Cal
Nice throwback with the goofy movie squeeze cheese reference
“That’s expensive!”
“Wait till they add the VAT…”
Why isn't the vat just in the price to begin with? In the uk we have wholesale shops that sell to businesses. But the regular grocery stores are for your weekly shop right?
@@RooRichy Basically, Sales Tax is set by the state rather than the federal government, and as such varies from place to place. Companies like to be able to advertise their product being a particular price in national advertising campaigns, so they give the pre-tax price.
I don't know what the shops' excuse is.
@@BrianFlyingPenguin they don't have one, they admit as much in training
no sales tax on most food products in most states
@@RooRichyit's actually illegal to include tax in some jurisdictions
Can confirm, my German ex said she nearly broke down crying in the first supermarket she went here in the US thinking she wouldn't be able to live. Luckily it was one of the more expensive chains and I introduced her to cheaper ones that were closer to "German prices" as she said
Yeah, if you go to one of the fancy chains in a big city, of course the prices are jacked. Looks like they're wandering an expensive store, which I know they have in Germany too.
She'd have a meltdown in Canada, our prices keep rising so fast (and we were already more expensive than the US) that I feel like I'll have a meltdown every week from something else doubling in price seemingly overnight. How can kiwis go from 33 cents to 1.25!!!
@@catlady9123 because you don't grow kiwis in Canada
@@Joanna_135we don't really have expensive supermarkets in Germany.
Unless you mean bio stores or something like that. But the store shown in this video didn't seem like a bio or specialty store.
@@Jehty21whats a bio store? Is it like fancy supplements and “all organic foods” like Whole Foods?
The goofy movie reference got me. 😂
The soundtrack is phenomenal
As a brazilian living in Germany i say the same thing when i see the prices of meat, fruits, vegetables ...
Especially, when you buy from turkish shops
Yeahhh i usually say all what was said in the video when I go to Europe. American prices are usually far far cheaper
Then you probably only buy the unhealthy sugar shite
@@tyllua usually the fresh stuff is cheaper in the usa. That cheaper candy crap is a few cents more here than in germany
@@simonjaz1279 doesn't seem like it based on the numerous videos
LMAO THE RED BARON JOKE WAS too fucking much for me holy shit
And probably 1% of people got it. The highlight of the video for me.
Fr omg 😂
@@TeslaSpaceXnow as a German I need an explanation. BTW the real „Red Baron“ is buried in the city where I come from.
@@dimi-ro me too. Hes literally just saying "look, the red baron" ("Ne schau! Der Rote Baron!")
@@TeslaSpaceXsame lmao
“Das ist ja teuer” 😂 Der Klassiker 😂
Ich war 2009 in America und hatte die gleiche Reaktion und das beste war, dass erst an der Kasse die Steuer drauf kamm. Ich hab dann nur noch nach den Schnäppchen geschaut die Preise vom Laden zu Laden haben auch extremst geschwenkt.
“Like in the goofy movie!” Was not expecting a goofy movie reference but much appreciated
When they complain about the culture, but consume our movies, music, brands, etcetera... 😅
“How can you live here?” That’s the funny part we really can’t. 😅😅
Speak for yourself
The fact that Germans have to pay way more taxes for literally everything ... and he still says "its to expensive to everything" is mindblowing to me. Btw ask any Germany how it is to make yourself "an own bussiness" I just say it now have fun paying 600 dolar for health insurance 800-900 rent "mehrwehrtsteuer-Taxes on literally any product u buy when u buy 1 liter gas and pay 2 dollars u literally pay 40 cents for it and the rest of the 1,60 is taxes"
@user-qq1id7wg1q Well, Europeans are use to being stepped on by taxes. All of us are just surprised now because our government is finally trying to fully catch up with Europe and it's stupid tax policies that only really work of you've got a large nation subsidizing the entire continent's military.
No, you can. You're just upset that you can't have a mansion.
@@splatter5218 seriously? Who the fuck wants a mansion? I just want more then one meal every two days. Health care that doesn’t cost less to just die. And a mattress. But you go ahead with what ever fantasy YOU live in.
Omg the reference to A Goofy Movie 😂 that was the first movie I saw in theaters 😁
My heart broke the day they closed our Lidl. From the time it opened to the day it closed it was the only grocery store we would shop in. Aldi is good too though so we still have that
I'm learning german and im starting to understand a lot of these videos without the captions! Im kinda stunned honestly lol
Wow! Mach weiter so (keep going)!
Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪
Eventually you will even understand "STARDENBURDENHARDENBART".
JK that's not a word, only cats understand that.
👏🏻👏🏻 keep going ❤
@@lilithkanister7788 Danke, meine freundin! (I think that's the correct spelling lol)
So..was hast du soweit verstanden?
"at Aldi it's cheaper" said me at every item in every other grocer
The cool thing with Aldi in Germany is that they have a bakery inside, so fresh bread and pastries. The most expensive pastry I purchased was $1.50, with the average around $0.25-$0.50. I ate there a lot, even had mini cold brew coffees that were about $0.50 each.
@shelleybelleyHI in the UK they have lidl and aldi, and both have own Instore bakeries, while the so called bigger supermarkets rarely do, I prefer Lidl over aldi tbh but both are good, I get most of my baked goods from there, much cheaper and fresher than most other supermarkets.
@@shelleybelleyHI I really like Aldi for a lot of basic things. I also wish American ones had their own bakery and maybe a deli
I didn't like the 79 cents loaf of bread.
@@shelleybelleyHI I got to experience both Lidl and Aldi when i moved to Denmark in 2022.
As a norwegian i was quite impressed, especially at Lidl considering quality vs price.
Vor 5 Jahren bin ich mit 150€ Euro über die Runden gekommen, heute sind es 300
Ahh, Deutschland ist billiger. :( Hier in Belgien war es schon immer teuer und ist jetzt unerschwinglich.
I was wondering if they were going to do the "red Barron reaction"... that smile...
Funny thing: 15 years ago I moved from the US to Germany and had this reaction. Now moving back from Germany to the US is traumatizing.
Why?
THIS reaction? It being expensive? You definitely wasn't at Aldi, then.
@@sweetsunnyvibes i was, i'm a German. I'm not an American citizen and never was there and i'm not sure prices can be traumatizing. Which is why i asked.
I moved abroad and back and now how expensive everything is in the states pisses me off.
I paid less for IMPORTED AMERICAN PRODUCTS abroad than I pay for them here...
@@raryraru Food prices were insane cheap in the 2000s. Dollar menus everywhere.
I had to explain to a German couple about our Rewards program, and they responded "Do we have to pay for that too?" I immediately laughed and was like "yes, yes you do".
You have to pay for a customer loyalty program???
@@OhNotThat Some places like Costco, yes.
@@nathandrake9737 that is ridiculous..
@@yodawg Sadly humans can be conditioned to comply with anything
@@nathandrake9737 you mean the membership? Yea you have to pay for that.
The “too much to choose from” is very accurate. I go into a grocery store, get overwhelmed with all the options, and then leave without buying anything because it was too overwhelming lol
Kept seeing Aldi's comments. Now I'm pissed we don't have one in Oregon that place sounds awesome.
Do you have a Lidl?
"how can you live here?" we can't 😭
Yet somehow I bet you eat full meals every day
@@kingrainbow5432 Americans deadass driving their car to take out the trash, eat fast food for every meal, then complain about the system
@@kingrainbow5432we’re in debt bro
If you can’t make it in America, you’re not great at life. Pretty blessed here if you even have a mediocre work ethic.
@@kingrainbow5432 I haven't even eaten a real meal within the last few weeks. I eat food but none of it is good or is good to eat but that's all I can afford. By a real meal I mean a plate that has all the nutrients that should actually be there like proteins, grains, fruits and vegetables. Usually whatever I could eat is just a couple pieces of toast or cheap snacks.
I am from US and I say this every time I go grocery shopping since the pandemic.
What pandemic? The Chinese cold? You mean it’s expensive since biden administration.
Grocery stores were insane and ridiculous and overpriced before that, since the pandemic it's just off the f****** charts. We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.
That's your good old American capitalism working.
@@kevmccormick1767 It's worse in Canada. But the worst is in communist countries, where the average person can barely afford to eat. This is more an indication of what happens when capitalist realities are ignored.
@@matthewatwood8641"But the worst is in communist countries" The only people who parrot this point think Germany is socialist and yet they're doing fine for themselves
That goofy reference is so real LOL
i appreciate the red baron joke that was a good one 🥂
He isn't wrong. Most Americans would agree.
Nah, it's not that bad. Tired of the constant doomposting
@@Professor_Utonium_it really is that bad though. Inflation is seriously out of control in only the U.S. cuz when I went to Japan everything was so cheap and affordable I was almost moved to tears.
@@Professor_Utonium_ Bro it is. I buy the same items. Over the passed 2-3 years these buys have went from spending 40 dollars and having food and household supplies for 2 weeks... to 60 to 80 to 90 dollars. I do not eat those same things now, because it's over 100+ for 18 items... but even the items that I am buying still cost 80 to 90 bucks..
My pay hasnt went up but the price of living is absolutely stulid.
They figured out we used white distilled vinegar instead of a lot of form cleaning products so now the same jug of WDV costs almost 4 bucks when for years its only cost 99 cents.
so stop lying to yourself
The last month they started discontinuing the sale of smaller items to only allow for these huge mega packages... cuz no one was buying them. Figuring you will buy them, since no other option. Maybe some people - people like you, but as for me - I wont buy it. I can do without a lot and still be happy.
People like you are absolutely blinded by ignorance or have decided to ignore reality and live in some delusional state of mind.
@@Professor_Utonium_theres a difference between being positive and denying reality tho
I agree. Too expensive! Thanks BIDEN!!!!!!!!
I am ever so slowly trying to learn the German language, and when I know some of the words, I get so excited!
You're probably not slow. It's a difficult language to learn.
@@udontknowmeno well, that and the fect that they're saying very short sentences and speaking very fast.
@mslim
I 'm German trying to learn French.
I feel just like you: I'm getting lost when they start talking so fast.
Reading and writing gets better and better, but it takes time 😅
Don't give up 👋
Nicht aufgeben!
@@RJ-wj4el bonne chance! je dois admettre que j'ai jamais eu à apprendre le français, mais je suis bilingue en anglais et en français et j'essaie d'apprendre l'allemand.
j'ai l'impression que l'allemand fait un peu un mélange d'anglais et de français, donc j'imagine que tu y arriveras!
@@Klaevin Merci 😅😍
That's from the goofy movie...haha nice. I also scream Deutschland everytime I get me a nice Milka bar.
😂😂😂the goofy movie comment had me dying