Les Noisettes
Last Thursday, Intermarché supermarkets in France put Nutella on sale, dropping the price of a jar 70 percent from its usual 4.50 euros (US$5.60) to 1.40 euros (US$1.75). Customers responded — and so did the police when people began fighting and pushing on the first day of the sale. “They are like animals,” one customer complained. “A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand.” Similar incidents happened throughout the country, with some frenzies being described as “riots.” Nutella said it regretted the violence, but also pointed out that the discount was the sole decision of Intermarché. On Friday, shoppers in a supermarket near Toulouse were only allowed to buy one jar each. (MS/BBC) ...In the U.S. it’s Black Friday; in France it’s Nutty Thursday.Original Publication Date: 28 January 2018
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