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"My yield today": Lidl customer shows contents of rescue bag

2023-05-11T14:35:44.833Z

Highlights: Lidl customers can use rescue bags to save food waste. For a unit price of three euros, there is a bag full of fruit and vegetables. This is intended to give outwardly not quite so perfect, but still edible foods a chance. A Lidl customer showed her yield on her Twitter account to draw attention to the rescue bags – a short time later she blocked the comment function on her tweet. The project, which was launched in August last year, is gaining more and more popularity.



A Lidl customer gets hold of a rescue bag and shares her haul on Twitter. Well-preserved fruit and vegetables for three euros. Suddenly, she receives a shitstorm.

Berlin – In view of the rapid rise in inflation, many people want to buy cheaper, especially when it comes to food that is becoming more expensive. Customers look even more at their wallets when shopping in supermarket chains, Rewe and Edeka as well as discounters Aldi and Lidl.

In order to protect this and at the same time reduce food waste, Lidl customers can use rescue bags. The project, which was launched in August last year, is gaining more and more popularity. For a unit price of three euros, there is a bag full of fruit and vegetables. This is intended to give outwardly not quite so perfect, but still edible foods a chance.

The concept seems to be well received. On social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, many share their results with other users. On Facebook, a customer expressed his gratitude for the Lidl rescue bag, which he would not have been able to afford. Another got hold of one of the 3-euro rescue bags and was almost thrilled. Another Lidl customer, on the other hand, wondered why this food had to be saved in the first place. Now a Lidl customer showed her yield on her Twitter account to draw attention to the rescue bags – a short time later she blocked the comment function on her tweet.

Lidl rescue bag divides minds – Lidl customer reacts

The Lidl customer's yield is actually impressive: a pack of corn on the cob, a net of lemons, two tangerines, a pack of cress, a pack of cherry tomatoes, two tomatoes, a net of limes, two bananas and a bush of radishes – all for a total of three euros.

However, her tweet is causing a lot of discussion: While the majority knows and praises the concept of the discounter, others complain:

  • "You must need it. I prefer to buy seasonal, regional goods at the weekly market and support local farmers instead of supporting a company that exploits people and nature. They're just giving it away because they're not allowed to throw anything away!"
  • "In the past, these foods went to the food bank. Thank you for nothing".
  • "Selling half-rotten food for three euros is still better than simply giving it to the parasites of, for example, the food bank. That's profit-oriented action."

At the first comments, the Lidl customer defends herself, then she gives up and puts an end to the heated discussion.

Lidl customer annoyed: "This is the end of comments for the time being"

After the comments become more and more violent, the Lidl customer puts a stop to it: "I think it's blatant what I'm being accused of here without knowing my financial struggle. I don't feel like it and don't have the strength for something like that at the moment. That's why there's no more comments here for the time being."

It is not uncommon for posts in social networks to face powerful headwinds. A Kaufland customer shared a disgusting photo from the supermarket and received plenty of ridicule for it. Another customer shows a disgusting surprise, but others react annoyed. (Vivian Werg)

Source: merkur

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