As of: March 1, 2024, 8:42 a.m
By: Armin T. Linder
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A customer had to rub her eyes when she saw something in the supermarket.
She got so angry that she demanded a written statement from Edeka.
Sangerhausen - The Kinder brand is currently causing online discussions in several places.
On the one hand, many people shake their heads at the observed price for the “Kinder Chocolate Bons Crispy” product.
On the other hand, a customer was angry about a discovery in a NP market branch in a public Facebook post.
The North German chain is affiliated with Edeka.
The customer is annoyed about the discovery - and demands a written statement from Edeka
“This can hardly be topped in terms of impudence, which is why I immediately wrote to Edeka asking for a statement,” she opens her contribution.
What happened?
She saw that two different prices were quoted for various giant surprise eggs from the Kinder brand: 9.49 euros for the girls' version and 8.49 euros for the boys' version.
Gender-related products have always been something that not everyone likes and that can lead to some pretty bizarre things.
But the customer's anger relates to the price difference.
According to the photo, the supermarket awarded different prices to the giant Ü eggs.
She continues to complain: "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." Then she gets it further out.
And get to the point.
“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.”
In the comments there is speculation as to whether the price difference perhaps comes from the manufacturer Ferrero.
One user said: “First of all – I don’t think anything of such Ü eggs and I certainly don’t think of 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 investigating the matter – it is a “mistake in the award”
Another user speaks up with a photo - she also discovered the giant Ü eggs in Baden-Württemberg, both for the same price of 8.99 euros.
Even with several Internet providers, the price does not differ.
Time to investigate.
The customer tells our editorial team the location of the incident, which is a NP branch in the Mansfeld-Südharz district (Saxony-Anhalt).
Edeka Minden-Hannover, responsible for the NP markets, checked the matter at the request of our editorial team and reported back a day later.
So it was 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.” Of course, this cannot be verified, but based on the same prices for the product from other providers, the explanation sounds plausible.
With the words “You are not my mother,” a Rewe customer reacted similarly to a Rewe discovery.
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