As of: February 27, 2024, 5:12 p.m
By: Armin T. Linder
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A customer came home from shopping at the supermarket upset.
She complained publicly and demanded a statement from Edeka.
Sangerhausen – The Kinder brand is currently at the center of several online discussions.
On the one hand, the observed price of the “Kinder Choco Bons Crispy” product causes people to shake their heads.
On the other hand, a customer made a discovery in a branch of the NP market that is affiliated with Edeka, which she publicly criticized on Facebook.
The customer is annoyed by the observation - and wants a written statement from Edeka
The customer is so upset about her discovery that she wants a written statement from Edeka.
“This can hardly be topped in terms of impudence, which is why I immediately asked Edeka to respond in writing,” she begins her contribution.
She noticed that the Kinder brand giant surprise eggs were priced at different prices in a supermarket: 9.49 euros for the girls' version and 8.49 euros for the boys' version.
Products that target gender are not without controversy and can also lead to strange excesses.
But the customer's dissatisfaction is directed at the price difference.
According to the photo, the supermarket awarded different prices to the giant Ü eggs.
She continues: “The big surprise eggs were sorted in the correct colors according to boys and girls, everything has to be in order and certain colors have to be assigned to the different genders. Whether this color assignment is still up to date is debatable.” She digresses further and then gets to the heart of the matter: “The 'boys' eggs' cost 8.49 euros and the 'girls' eggs' cost 9.49 euros.
And boy and girl are explicitly named on the price tag, it is not an invention of mine.
With such differences, one might think that one gender is worth more than the other?
Is this the reason why women today often earn less than men for the same work?
I have zero understanding for something like that.”
The comments consider whether the price difference could possibly come from the manufacturer Ferrero.
One user says: “First of all - I don't think anything of such super-eggs and I certainly don't care about the price difference.
However, I fear that people will excuse themselves with different fillings, i.e. the real surprise.
It's more expensive for the girls with more 'chi-chi' and stuff.
This is all literally penny-pinching.
I do think they are filled specifically for pink or blue.
The chocolate is of course the same and a by-product anyway.”
Edeka is examining the matter – according to this it is an “error in the award”
Another user reports with a photo and says that she discovered the giant Ü eggs in Baden-Württemberg, both for the same price of 8.99 euros.
There is no price difference even with several online providers.
It's time to get to the bottom of this.
The customer tells our editorial team the location of the whole thing: it is an NP branch in the Mansfeld-Südharz district (Saxony-Anhalt).
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Edeka Minden-Hannover, responsible for the NP markets, checked the matter at the request of our editorial team and reported back a day later.
It was therefore an accident.
“The different prices are an error in the award that has already been corrected,” said a spokeswoman.
“Both variants of the giant Ü eggs are offered at the same price regardless of the color.” Although this cannot be verified, the explanation sounds plausible given the same prices for the product from other providers.
There is also currently social media backlash for a handwritten complaining comment on a notice for a furniture sale.
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