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Rewe: Shelves with Barilla products swept clean - is the corona virus to blame?

2020-03-05T13:16:34.009Z


The Rewe supermarket does not supply Barilla products. The background is an escalating dispute over the pricing policy of the Italian pasta and canning manufacturer.


The Rewe supermarket does not supply Barilla products. The background is an escalating dispute over the pricing policy of the Italian pasta and canning manufacturer.

  • Barilla products are banned from the shelf in REWE stores
  • A price war is raging between the supermarket chain and the pasta manufacturer
  • REWE speaks of an "inappropriate purchase price"

Munich - While many Germans are afraid of the new corona virus * topping up their pasta and canned goods, Rewe has banished numerous products from the pasta manufacturer Barilla from its shelves . The reason for this is the price increases demanded by the Italian company, said Rewe in Cologne.

Despite long negotiations, it was not possible to agree with Barilla on a reasonable purchase price , the grocer emphasized in an information sheet that was attached to a largely empty pasta shelf in a Rewe store . "Therefore, we also temporarily refrain from delivering the item in your interest in stable prices."

Rewe / Barilla: Price increase has nothing to do with corona virus

Barilla emphasized that the price increase had already been communicated to Rewe in November and was unrelated to the current coronavirus situation.

In the past months there have been repeated violent clashes between retail chains and well-known brand manufacturers about price and delivery conditions. Only a few weeks ago Edeka's temporary waiver of several products from the beverage giant Coca-Cola made headlines. In this case, too, it was about price and delivery conditions.

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* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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