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Meanwhile in the EU every price tag for a discounted item needs to also show the lowest price that was available in the last 30 days.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat...

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I've not seen that here in Denmark? Usually just discounted price+price by weight/item/volume, and 'regular' price and regular price by weight/item/volume

I think the law does not specify how the previously used prices are supposed to be displayed. In Germany grocery stores used to display it in the smallest possible font in a foot note.

They got sued, lost, and now they have to display it more transparently. Absent of EU specifics about how such prices have to be displayed, national courts can make their own rulings based on their national law.

I theory I think dynamic pricing in grocery stores is allowed in EU but not sure if actually used.

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