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I'm from NZ and lived in Denmark for three months so here's some anecdata. Some prices increased but most are comparable to home, where the minimum wage is appr
by elnate 13y ago
I'm from NZ and lived in Denmark for three months so here's some anecdata. Some prices increased but most are comparable to home, where the minimum wage is approximately half. The only things that are increased greatly are ones with the primary cost in personnel. Clothing and groceries are about the same, fuel too.
- mjn 13y agoThat's also my impression. Groceries are about the same as the U.S., restaurants considerably more. It's not general inflation, but specifically an increase in the cost of goods/services where the difference between paying employees $8 or $20 equals a large proportion of the good/service's total costs. For example, a typical 'premium lager' category beer (Heineken or Carlsberg or the like) typically costs $6-10 in a bar, which is somewhat higher than in the US, but a six-pack typically costs $4-7 in a grocery store (tax included), which is somewhat lower than in the US. An interesting aspect is that you can get quality increments relatively cheaply, because you've already paid for the labor: a fancy meal costs maybe 50% more than a burger, and a microbrewed fancy beer in a bar costs maybe 20-30% more than a Carlsberg lager— versus in a store, where the microbrew might be 3-5x the cost of the Carlsberg.