This action backfired. A real branch wanted to supply its customers with toilet paper. But these are now making serious allegations.
- A supermarket was now organizing an unusual toilet paper campaign.
- However, customers are far from enthusiastic.
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Gütersloh - The coronavirus continues to spread, the number of infected people continues to increase worldwide. A special phenomenon that causes this time is the hamster buying that has been going on for weeks. Pasta, flour and toilet paper in particular are very popular with customers. In some places, the rolls are even stacked up to the roof.
Corona virus: Supermarket surprises with toilet paper campaign
For this reason, many supermarkets are already trying to regulate their customers' consumption behavior. Many supermarkets, for example, only allow customers to buy one pack of toilet paper, and an additional charge for each additional pack of toilet paper is said to keep customers from buying hamsters.
A Real branch from Gütersloh is now under fire. Some customers accuse the market of wanting to make money with the Corona crisis. As a customer documents in a photo , the employees of the supermarket had come up with an unusual action .
Corona virus: supermarket repackages toilet paper - customers are horrified
In order to be able to supply as many customers with the apparently valuable toilet paper, the employees simply unpacked the toilet paper. While most toilet paper packs usually contain eight rolls, the employees now repackaged the rolls.
As can be seen in the picture, market employees always packed two rolls together in a small fruit bag. So every customer can own two rolls of toilet paper for 1.50 euros. But the unusual action promptly backfired.
Corona virus: toilet paper in the supermarket as a new rip-off?
After a customer took a picture of the toilet paper mountain and posted the photo on Facebook , the picture immediately spread. While the action is greeted with laughter by many customers, others are horrified.
For example, many of them criticize hygiene , which this repackaging campaign could not guarantee. The high plastic consumption is also criticized.
However, other customers accuse the supermarket of rip-offs . After all, the branch could charge a lot more money with this action than with a standard package at the normal price .
Corona virus: customers angry about toilet paper action
"If you look in the online shop under disinfectants , you will also see horrendous prices . For example, a Sagrotan spray bottle set (two pieces) for € 30 ”,“ That's what we call usury or fraud ”and“ Unbelievable ”can be read there, among other things.
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