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Budweiser is currently cheaper in Germany than in the United States* (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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My friend in Germany sent this to me. The price is €0.75 per can after a discount using the grocery's app.

I looked up the price locally for me (Washington state, hence the asterisk) at the Kroger-affiliated Fred Meyer, and it was on sale for $23 for a 24 pack of Budweiser. That boils down to €0.81 per can.

*In the title was to acknowledge that Washington state is expensive and I'm sure elsewhere in the country you could find a better deal. But for my little corner of the country, the title holds true.

**My fellow continent-dweller pointed out that our 12oz beers are actually 355ml, and the 330ml can is smaller. Proportionally that brings the price down to exactly €0.75 per can from my benchmark. Add that to a TIL for me.

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Most beer is and always was. Though when in Germany you'd be a fucking fool to drink that swill vs nearly any other offering.

[-] hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Agreed. I just usually assume the price to import and such would keep the price higher overseas.

Moreso pointing out that we are getting robbed on prices even for our domestic offerings

[-] thelardboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I expect it's not an import, but produced under license somwhere in Europe. There's big brewing operations in UK and Croatia that makes it.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

Budweiser was bought by InBev, the same company that makes Stella Artois and Beck. That would give InBev the right to make Budweiser anywhere it owns a brewery.

[-] ceiphas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

you know, maybe there are some breweries in germany, too... some that can sell the cleaning water of the brewing copper as bud light

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

This one is brewed in Germany at the same plant that makes Corona.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

That or Budweiser doesn't get charged duties cuz it's just that bad, so the govt doesn't see it as a threat to domestically produced beer 😂

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They have to make it dirt cheap because it has to compete with real beers here.

[-] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Germans were mocking Budweiser when I visited there 30 years ago.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

We are still mocking the "beer" that is like sex in a canoe...

[-] homes@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago

It still tastes like shit over there, though

[-] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Budweiser isn't great, but compared to bottom tier beer it's drinkable.

Miss me with that Milwaukee's Best or Busch Light. I'll drink PBR, but my go to Labatt Blue.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I’ll drink PBR

Instead of a direct advertising budget, PBR just sponsors random shit.

Club sports, events, random shit like that.

I think that's the whole reason they'll stick around. It builds actual brand loyalty instead of random forgettable ads that just burn money.

[-] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

And it's genuinely cool stuff. They seem like good folks. Probably owned by a conglomerate though. It's too bad Yuengling is owned by such a Trump cuck. It's not terrible.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They seem like good folks. Probably owned by a conglomerate though

It's way more confusing than I thought it would be...

But basically, yeah. Although some dude that's been in the beer industry a couple decades put it all together and seems to be preventing them from fucking it up.

Kind of rescued the brand even. They had sold and moved to LA, but under current ownership they've moved back to Minnesota. Apparently "the good old days" I was thinking of, have all been under current ownership.

Still not as good as an independent brewer

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Labatt Blue is good for pairing with Indian food to cleanse and refresh your pallate.

[-] ceiphas@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago

your top tier beers are still worse than the bottom tier bavarian beers, sorry

[-] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I never said anything about top tier. My top tiers are Bell's Two-Hearted and Dragonmeade Final Absolution.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Budweiser is just launching in Germany, so they have to price low to gain market share.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Going to have to pay people to drink it in Germany I think if they actually want to market share.

[-] rezzorix@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

We have laws in Germany to enforce and ensure there are non-alcoholic drinks that are cheaper than beer.

And in the US people get exploited at the supermarket cashier for almost everything anyway.

[-] mcforest@feddit.org 0 points 1 week ago

Aren't those laws only for restaurants, bars and similar locations?

[-] rezzorix@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, the point was more of an example to show how cheap beer is in Germany.

0,5 Liter Oettinger Pils is available for 0,50 EUR.

[-] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Woooow

[-] ceiphas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

it tastes like piss, and when you put a box of it on the table the party is over...

[-] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

That's because the American economy is collapsing.

[-] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

does anyone drink it out there? the branding looks completely different as well lol

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

It has literally just entered the German market. But it failed twice before so…

[-] anothermember@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

It’s rebranded in a lot of places due to the trademark dispute (there’s another Budweiser beer from the Czech Republic). Can’t speak specifically for Germany but I don’t think it’s really that popular anywhere in Europe despite a no doubt large advertising budget.

[-] ceiphas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

you mean the beer from budvar? the city called budweis in german? i still am baffled how an american company can offer a beer under the name of a foreign town that has brewed beer for ages...

[-] Pechente@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Not really. People mostly drink local beer (each city has at least one local brewery) and others buy craft beer. I don’t know anyone who’s drinking foreign beer regularly.

[-] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

People who have tried this and are used to European beer - is it really that bad?

As a naive kid I was kind of a "USA fan", looking forward to try Anheuser-Busch Budweiser (Light or regular) at least once and thought this to be impossible in Germany due to Budweiser-Budvar holding the trademark here.

I was even recently tempted to buy and try it, although I have been completely and strictly dry since taking SSRIs. Then I remembered multiple sources claiming it's piss, and decided against it.

Makes me wonder why that stuff is so popular in the USA.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

They sidestepped the Budweiser ™ issue by naming it Anheuser-Busch Bud. But this requires a licence from Bitburger because of the similarity to Bit ™.

[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

I'll try to find it and review it. The photo doesn't really tell me which supermarket it is.

[-] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Could be Kaufland by the looks of it, but I think they also have it at Rewe or Edeka

[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you. Kaufland and Edeka are little far but I can try Rewe and Penny.

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