Open on Christmas Day: Lidl discounter overrun by customers
Created: 12/27/2021 Updated: 12/27/2021, 12:39 PM
Many people from Nuremberg flocked to the opened Lidl branch at Nuremberg Central Station on Boxing Day (symbol picture).
© Bernd Wüstneck / dpa
On Christmas Day there was a rush at the Lidl branch at Nuremberg Central Station.
Because it is also open on public holidays.
Nuremberg - It's the same spectacle every year at Christmas time: People flock to the Lidl * branch at Nuremberg Central Station * and stock up on coffee, toilet paper and the like.
Because the branch is open seven days a week, regardless of whether it is a public holiday or not.
The reason: According to
nordbayern.de,
shops at the train stations are allowed to
open.
So also on Christmas Day.
Nuremberg: Differences between Lidl and Rewe to go
While it was comparatively quiet at Rewe to go in the Mittelhalle,
nordbayern.de
reports
on how the shopping experience one floor below in Lidl was like a close combat.
The lower prices attract more customers.
However, when the aisles are overcrowded, it is difficult to adhere to the distance rules.
Even the friendly, repetitive security man was of little help.
Nuremberg: ten cash registers at Lidl at the main train station open
“It's always the same here.
The people, the company.
It doesn't matter whether it's Christmas or not, ”said a young cashier who was sitting at one of the ten open tills.
But on public holidays it ends at 9 p.m., according to the discounter's website.
The next day it starts again at 6 or 8 a.m.