Asparagus Inflation? Shouldn’t be there in 2022 … At the start of the season, the precious vegetable starts with the record price of previous years. But the farmers promise it will be cheaper as early as Easter.
He is finally back! Beelitz celebrated the asparagus tapping Thursday with asparagus queen Joelina (17), hit star Dagmar Frederic (76) and ex-prime minister Matthias Platzeck (68, SPD).
At the same time, the stalls in Berlin opened – with hefty prices.
A kilo of the thickest, flawless white spears of the best quality on the farms around Beelitz costs EUR 14.90, thinner asparagus EUR 8.90. But asparagus farmer Jürgen Jakobs (56) admits: “At the sales booths, a kilo even costs 17 euros, the same price as last year.”
Why, when the expensive Corona requirements for the asparagus cutters, washers and packers have now been dropped? Jakobs: “The minimum wage has risen to 9.82 euros, as have the energy costs.” In addition, there is still a tight supply: “We currently cut 10,000 kilos a day,” says Jakobs, “Berlin and Brandenburg need 200,000 kilos a day.”
Before Corona, the top price was 12 euros. That’s how much you pay if you don’t eat asparagus for another week. Jakobs: “Prices will fall by two to three euros at Easter.”
You can save even more if you wait until May for purple asparagus that grows without environmentally harmful plastic films. Secretary of State for the Environment Anja Boudon (53): “I hope that more people will accept the color.”
“No chance,” counters farmer Jakobs, “people want white asparagus!”
