‘Dual Food’: Same Western Branding But Low-Quality Goods for Eastern Europe

[Vergennes]

Many multinational food companies have been to shown to be cheating consumers in eastern Europe by selling inferior products under known and respected brand names, according to Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709171057458004-dual-food-eastern-europe-quality/

 

[war&peace]

Quality is directly proportional to the price the consumers pay. Do they price their products similarly especially within Eurozone.? Does a can of coca cola costs same let's say in Brussels and Budapest?

 

[Vergennes]

@war&peace Not 100% sure,but I found that a 2L bottle of coca cola costs about 389 Forint in Hungary. That's about €1,26. In the Czech Republic,it costs about 32 Koruna,which equals to about €1,23.

Over here that would cost about €2.

 

[war&peace]

@war&peace Not 100% sure,but I found that a 2L bottle of coca cola costs about 389 Forint in Hungary. That's about €1,26. In the Czech Republic,it costs about 32 Koruna,which equals to about €1,23.

Over here that would cost about €2.

So a significant difference is there but I made a mistake, it should not be price rather the margin of profit because the retail price depends on taxes and other factors like cost of production and transportation etc. However I hope that Věra Jourová would have taken these aspects into account.

 

[Penguin]

Many multinational food companies have been to shown to be cheating consumers in eastern Europe by selling inferior products under known and respected brand names, according to Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709171057458004-dual-food-eastern-europe-quality/

Says sputnik news, Russia's propaganda horn.

 

[T-123456]

@war&peace Not 100% sure,but I found that a 2L bottle of coca cola costs about 389 Forint in Hungary. That's about €1,26. In the Czech Republic,it costs about 32 Koruna,which equals to about €1,23.

Over here that would cost about €2.

But production costs are lower in those countries so,it should be normal.