What data tells us.

Seasonal Prices

Not Everything Went Up: Toys, Tools and Stationery Fell

While Slovenia's food basket rose 9%, toys and hand tools fell 12–15%. Inflation landed where shoppers noticed it least.

Pack Size

The 10-Gram Tax

Milka LU: same €3.00, 13% less chocolate — a German court called it Mogelpackung. Our data agrees.

Pack Size

Seven Flavours, Ten Grams Less, Same Price

Seven Milka bars in Slovenia have shrunk to 90 g but kept the €1.99 price tag — a silent 11% increase.

Pack Size

The Small Can Costs 30% More per Gram

Pringles 165 g cans in Germany cost up to 37% more per gram than the 200 g XXL versions.

Inflation

The Cleaning Aisle's Quiet 20% Hike

Slovenia's cleaning-supply aisle moved twice as fast as the food basket — dishwasher tablets up 25%, softeners 17%, cleaners 16%.

Inflation

Pet Food Matched Your Grocery Bill

Slovenia's pet aisle rose 13–18% in ten months — the dog's dinner inflated right alongside yours.

Inflation

The 25% Rice Shock

A bag of rice in Slovenia costs a quarter more than last summer — a near-uniform rise across nearly every brand and grain on the shelf.

Pack Size

The Bulk-Discount Myth

Slovenia's 3.96-L Persil is €6.06/L. The 2.25-L is €12/L — same brand, same shelf, double the price per litre for a smaller bottle.

Volatility

The Hi-Lo Playbook

Premium detergent swings 106% a year. Own-label on the same shelf barely moves. That isn't a coincidence — it's the business model.

Cross Border

Finland Has Europe's Cheapest Butter

Finland is famous for expensive food. Its butter costs half what Germany's does.

Seasonal Prices

Buy Your Cucumbers in June

A kilogram of cucumbers costs €1.09 in June and €3.49 in February. In Slovenia, the harvest calendar is the price list.

Brand vs. Generic

Croatia's 4× Local-Brand Laundry Gap

Croatian-made detergent costs a quarter of imported Persil on the same shelf — buy local, pay a quarter.

Cross Border

Croatia Pays 2.6× More for Olive Oil Than Spain

Croatian shoppers pay a median €15.45 per litre — 2.6× more than Spanish shoppers pay for the same grade of oil.

Cross Border

The Cheapest Egg in Spain Isn't a Chicken Egg

Egg prices barely vary by country — what doubles your bill is how the hen was raised.

Brand vs. Generic

Estonia's Missing Budget-Detergent Shelf

Estonia tops Eurozone laundry prices — the discount brand that would pull the median down is missing from the shelf.

Category Spread

Finland's 5× Laundry Aisle

Finnish laundry runs 5× from Lidl's Wau! at €2.73/L to Vanish at €13.80 — same machine, wildly different bill.

Brand vs. Generic

The Brand Gap Hiding in Your Flour

Flour prices vary 73% across Europe — but the brand premium on your shelf is an even bigger story.

Brand vs. Generic

Germany's Drugstore Halves Laundry Cost

In Germany, drugstore-brand laundry powder costs half what the premium pods beside it do — same wash, half the till.

Brand vs. Generic

Germany's Eco Dish Soap Costs Twice as Much Per Litre

Palmolive costs €2.79 per litre in Germany. Switch to eco — same shelf, same look — and you pay up to €5.98.

Greece's Laundry Aisle Is 80% Perfume

In Greece's laundry aisle, scent beads and softeners outnumber actual detergent nearly four to one.

Cross Border

Latvia's 80% Premium on a Laundry Bottle

The same Ariel bottle costs €19.24 in Latvia and €10.75 in Lithuania — 80% more for crossing one border.

Lithuania's Upside-Down Pack Pricing

In Lithuania, a 2.7-litre Ariel costs 55% more per litre than the same brand's 1.8-litre pack — bigger bottle, bigger price.

Pack Size

Your Morning Coffee Got 59% More Expensive

One jar of Nescafé tracks the sharpest grocery price climb Slovenian shoppers have felt in years.

Category Spread

Not All Orange Juice Is Orange Juice

A litre of "orange juice" costs €0.70 or €4.20 depending on what's actually inside the carton. The label rarely helps.

Category Spread

The Olive Oil Shelf Cliff

In Slovenian supermarkets, the cheapest olive oil costs €5.39 a bottle. The most expensive costs €17.48 — and gives you less oil.

Cross Border

One Euro, Many Prices

Barilla pasta costs 83% more in Estonia than Slovenia. The euro is the same. The price is not.

Category Spread

The Plant Protein Paradox

Eating less meat costs 22% more per kilo — unless you know which shelf to look at.

Category Spread

The Water You Don't Need to Buy

Finland has some of Europe's cleanest tap water and the most expensive bottled water in the Sivix database. The data cannot explain that — but it can price it.

Pack Size

The €257 Pod Premium

Pods cost 2–3× more per cup than ground coffee in every European market. Over a year at three cups a day, that gap is €257. For the same caffeine.

Cross Border

One Bottle, Two Countries, Double the Price

The same bottle of Pril costs twice as much in Slovenia as in Germany. Dish soap has nowhere to hide.

Brand vs. Generic

The Wrapper Costs More Than the Chocolate

Chocolate prices barely vary across Europe — but Milka to Lindt costs more than Spain to Germany.

Category Spread

Slovenia’s steep beer price ladder

Craft beer costs nearly triple domestic lager in Slovenia.

Cross Border

Slovenia Pays 38% More for Olive Oil Than Croatia

The same Croatian olive oil brand costs €9.99 in Zagreb and €16.17 in Ljubljana — a €6.18 gap on a single bottle.

Brand vs. Generic

Slovenia's 4× Laundry Brand Gap

Slovenian own-label laundry gel costs a quarter of the branded bottle — same shelf, four times the money.

Slovenia's Year in Groceries: Up 9%

Slovenia's typical grocery SKU rose 9% in ten months — but rice jumped 25%, shampoo didn't move, and toys fell 12%.

Pack Size

The Small Bottle Tax

Every time you buy the 500ml bottle instead of the 1-litre, you spend €5.99 extra for the same amount of olive oil.

Brand vs. Generic

Spain's Half-Price Pod Aisle

Spanish cooperative-chain pods run at €0.17 a wash — the branded pods beside them can cost three times as much.

Brand vs. Generic

The Brand Tax

Branded shaving gel costs 80% more than own-label. Branded yoghurt costs 33% more. The brand tax is not one number.

Store Premium

The Späti Tax

The same beer costs 4x more depending on where you buy it — and the data proves it.

Cross Border

Three Countries, One Currency

A jar of Rimi bruschetta costs €0.99 in Vilnius and €2.35 in Tallinn — same retailer, same label, 138% more expensive.

Category Spread

A Tomato Is Not a Tomato

In the same produce aisle, one tomato is a commodity and another is a premium experience.

Cross Border

The Toothpaste Dilemma

Two Colgate toothpastes in the same Slovenian store: €3.05 and €13.98 per 100ml. The hygiene premium is a brand decision, not a geography one.

Volatility

The Volatile Basket

Snacks and fresh produce swing 3× more in price than electronics. Here is what that means for your shop.

Category Spread

Welcome to the Detergent Jungle

32,185 price records. 12 markets. One conclusion: the detergent aisle is the most chaotic shelf in the supermarket.

Cross Border

Pour Here for Best Price

The same bottle of Mateus rosé costs €4.49 in Spain and €11.73 in Estonia — here is why.