They said: “Since 2022 prices on our food and drink stalls have been frozen, however as essential costs continue to rise from importing goods and higher energy prices, to increased National Insurance and visa costs for market staff we had no choice but to put most prices up by 50p or so this year.”
The organisers stressed the market must remain commercially viable for future years and noted that quoted drink prices appear inflated because they include refundable deposits on glasses and mugs.
Year-on-year comparisons reveal the scale of the rises: a pint of Weissbier has jumped from £6.50 to £8, a pint of Hofbrau from £7 to £8, a half pint of Hofbrau from £4 to £5, and the two-pint stein from £12.50 to £14.
The bratwurst has edged up from £9 to £9.50.
Despite the backlash, the market was recently ranked the third-best Christmas market in Britain, behind Edinburgh and Manchester.