Milk product prices are slowly rising in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria.

The trend has been emphasised by leading discounter Aldi, which started the first week of the month with price rises of 60 c/kg for German butter.
This brings the cost of a 250g packet to 85c. The new price, which is still nearly 20% under the top prices of 2007, has been kicked-off by a contract between Aldi and leading dairies, raising the wholesale price of German butter from