Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Ex-communist
states complain of rip-off food in EU
The wall that
divided the east and the west collapsed nearly three decades ago. Economic
borders that separated Central and Eastern Europe were removed over a decade
ago. Now, people should be enjoying the same, or similar, standards and
qualities for any product anywhere in EU, shouldn’t they?
But in fact,
some of Czechs, Slovaks, Poles and Hungarians feel that the products sold in
their market places are not as good as the ones in former western states, even
with the same brand and identical label. Some people in former eastern-block
countries cross the border to go shopping to the other block. Why?
According to
a comparative study conducted in Czech, eight out of 24 products, such as coffee,
cheese and chocolate, were found to have inferior quality or different
composition compared with the ones in Germany.
It seems that
market mechanism isn’t in place in former socialist countries.
Enjoy reading
and learning about the segregation in consumer products in Europe.
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