Overview

• Some supermarkets are now offering 500 g containers of German strawberries for under €2, marking the lowest prices of the season.
• The average cost for a kilogram of domestic strawberries fell to €5.87 last week from €8.19 at the end of April and early May.
• Southern states such as Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Rheinland-Pfalz and Südhessen have harvested about 70 percent of their normal crop.
• Harvest progress in northern regions like Niedersachsen and Brandenburg lags at roughly 20 percent.
• Market analysts expect strawberry prices to climb again in the second half of June, with the season ending in early July in the south and later in other states.