- Price increases for many foods
- Consumer Center Hamburg has “sham pack of the year” excellent
- Rama, Leerdammer, Calgon, Haribo Goldbären, Pringels are nominated
Many always buy similar foods without looking at the products in detail again. Companies take advantage of this and secretly change the quantity in some products – without changing the packaging. Some even increase the price. The Hamburg consumer advice center takes this as an opportunity to nominate the “deceptive package of the year”. Consumers could vote online.
Rama is the sham of the year: 25 percent more expensive
the biggest scam comes this year from the spread fat manufacturer Upfield with his Rama cup. The mug received 41.7 percent of the vote. The pack, which originally contained 500 grams, now has only a capacity of 400 grams. In addition, the Price increased by 25 percent. A Rama cup now costs 2.19 euros each.
Armin Valet from the Hamburg consumer advice center says: “Upfield has gone too far and Rama more than deserved the vote for ‘Sham Pack of the Year’. If the contents shrink but the pack doesn’t, consumers have little chance of noticing the less-in trick.”
The consumer center had never before so many complaints get to a product. Valet continues: “It’s not just the customers who lose out, the environment also comes off badly. Upfield now needs half a million more plastic cups to fill 1,000 tons of Rama.” The consumer advice center has therefore sued Upfield for misrepresentation.
Other “winners”: Leerdammer, Calgon, Haribo-Goldbären and Pringels
A popular slice cheese is On place 2. landed the sham of the year. Two years ago on the Leerdammer pack advertised with “+ 1 disc, permanently more”. The content increased from 140 to 160 grams increase became now however withdrawn and at the same time the price rose for the product at many dealers in the last few months from 1.99 euros to 2.49 euros.
on place 3 is located Calgon. The detergent manufacturer promises more wash loads (50 instead of 46) per pack. However, now there is one changed dosage recommendation. Due to the adjusted dosage recommendation, however up to 42 percent more powder required per wash cycle. The product will be up to 42 percent more expensive, despite the same filling quantity and the same price.
Haribo gold bears are in 4th place with 3435 votes Contents of the pack reduced. So there are only 175 instead of 200 grams in a pack Price on a Harbio bag elevated. The price increase is about 14 percent.
Also Pringels has reduced the content and increased the price. So there are now only 185 grams in a pack instead of 200 grams. In addition, many dealers have increased the price – from mostly 2.59 to up to 2.99 euros. This corresponds to a price increase of 25 percent. This puts Pringels in 5th place.
For further reading: Secret codes in the supermarket: How to recognize when prices are regularly reduced
