It's very common to buy inexpensive yet hearty to-go bread at bakeries and bread stations at the many train station stops for meals at home.
Since Germany grows and distributes their own potatoes there is less environmental impact by limiting importation from other countries. Potatoes are of great significance for the German people. Frederick the Great, the "Potato King," had to artificially create demand for this new vegetable since many Germans thought it was an ugly vegetable. He had knights guard a garden of potatoes to make people think they were valubale. A great achievement for Fredrick the Great was bringing potatoes to Germany as they helped nourish his people.
