How is the Czech Republic dealing with the current economic crisis? Not so hot. Czechs seem to be saving on food a lot. The grocery stores have to stock up on salami since they are cheaper than ham or chicken and restaurants now offer cheap, simple and filling meals for the price of 55 t0 60 crowns (about $2). The restaurants in Prague decreased their profit by one third and it is expected that a fifth of Prague restaurants will be closed down. Even the fancy Prague Culinary Institute is now offering special classes where the clients learn the art of cheap cooking (c’mon, what Czech doesn’t know how to cook cheap?!).
Now that we know that the regular folk is trying to be frugal, guess who else is following their steps? The government! The employees at the Ministry of Justice department were shocked when they realized that half of the buildings had light switches taped over when they came to work in the morning! So now they are expected to run the country while sitting in semi-darkness…good luck!
CZ: Jak si vubec Ceska Republika v soucasne dobe vede? Ne az tak zhave. Cesi se pry snazi usetrit hodne na jidle a proto se samoobsluhy napriklad zasobuji na salamech, ktere jsou mnohem levnejsi nez sunka nebo kureci maso. Restaurace maji nove jidelnicky, kde se ceny za jidlo pohybuji kolem 55 to 60 korun. I kdyz se prazske restaurace snazi nynejsi ekonomickou krizi prezit zuby nehty, ocekava se, ze petina z nich zkrachuje. Profit se jim snizil jiz o celou tretinu a ma to pry byt jeste horsi. Dokonce i elitni Institut kulinarskeho umeni v Praze nabizi kurzy na to, jak varit levna jidla (jaky Cech by s tim mel problem, to nevim…).
Ted kdyz vime, ze ceska verejnost setri jak o zavod, vite, kdo se je snazi napodobit? Samotna ceska vlada! Zamestnanci Ministerstvi spravedlnosti totiz jednoho rana zjistili, ze polovina vypinacu je prelepena samolepkou! Musi se tedy naucit, jak ‘rozdavat spravedlnost’ v poloseru…hodne stesti!
Source: http://www.radio.cz/en/current/magazine
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55-60Kc is $3 still cheap though. Two years ago I was surprised how expensive dining out got in Prague. I knew about clothes. I’ll update what I remember in a few days when I get there.
Let us know what you find out! I would be interested in the change in prices with this whole situation…
You bet I will.
When we were in Prague, there was a lovely little family owned “sandwich shop” across from the statue on The W. Square. They had the most awesome breakfast with fruit and juice for less than $5.00 American last year. The people were so nice and we met a lovely Canadian lady there who was borned and raised in Prague but had emigrated to Canada 30 years prior. She was visiting family but heard our American English and came over and introduced herself.