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> I visited Denmark from San Francisco in 2014. The food there was atrociously expensive. ATROCIOUS. I live in Austria where food is also expensive and most is
by the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
> I visited Denmark from San Francisco in 2014. The food there was atrociously expensive. ATROCIOUS.
I live in Austria where food is also expensive and most is organic but that's mainly because there is a 20% VAT tax on it, not because production is that much more expensive.
I do think that our vegetables are tastier than in the US but I doubt it has anything to do with organic.
- xyzzyz 10y agoI don't know how about Austria, but in many European countries there's a separate VAT rate for raw unprocessed food. E.g. in Poland, regular VAT rate is 23%, while it is 8% or 5% for basic food items like bread, milk, butter, meat etc.
- olau 10y agoIn Denmark it's 25% VAT on everything.
- open-source-ux 10y agoIn the UK, most food and drink is zero-rated for VAT. Exceptions include snacks, confectionery, crisps, alcohol etc.