German sunflower oil on offer in Sweden: Customers angry – "Will be vera..."
Created: 05/19/2022Updated: 05/19/2022, 13:30
By: Patricia Huber
While sunflower oil is scarce in this country, it is available in Sweden and also comes from Germany.
Many consumers are outraged.
Munich – If you cook a lot and especially fry, you naturally need oil.
Sunflower oil is particularly popular for this purpose, as it is usually particularly cheap.
But since the start of the Ukraine war, this cooking oil has turned into liquid gold.
Because Ukraine is one of the largest sunflower oil suppliers.
Due to the war, however, the harvest this year is likely to be manageable.
These reports led to rising prices and panic buying in German supermarkets - until the shelves were empty.
Sunflower Oil: Other countries do not face shortages
It is now almost a miracle when you discover a bottle of the coveted oil in the supermarket.
Should you be so lucky, however, a glance at the price tag should quickly spoil your joy.
Because of the scarcity, the price also increased extremely.
The strange thing: Only Germany seems to have this problem.
In countries like the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark and many more, however, there is no oil shortage in sight.
But the most absurd network find shared several Twitter users.
Sunflower oil was on sale last week at the Swedish department store Öob.
So far so good.
But according to the label, the corresponding oil of the "Brölio" brand comes from Germany.
And indeed, the manufacturing company called "Brökelmann + Co - Oelmühle GmbH + Co" comes from Hamm near Dortmund.
Sunflower oil scandal?
"You're kidding yourself"
Now the excitement is great.
Many users wonder why there is so much German sunflower oil on sale in Sweden while the shelves are empty here.
A Twitter user has a very simple explanation for this: "They probably don't run like crazy and buy everything empty like we do."
Another user put it even more drastically: "We're being fooled." But there is also prompt headwind for this statement. "We're not being fooled, you're fooling yourself. For me, one liter of sunflower oil is enough for a year.
I last bought some in October of last year, so I'm not considering buying a liter again until October.
Everything else is stupid, selfish behavior,” a user complains about the hamster buyers.
In the course of the Ukraine conflict, for example, there are problems with the availability of sunflower oil in Germany.
But there are alternatives that can be used as a substitute.
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Editor's note: We included a tweet in an earlier version of this post. We have since deleted this message in view of numerous user references and apologize to our readers.
