A cherry recall at Kaufland, the bankruptcy of a soap manufacturer and supply bottlenecks in animal feed: In this article, our colleagues from CHIP.de summarize the most important consumer topics of the week for you.
Whether it’s Aldi, Lidl, Rewe or Kaufland: the supermarkets, discounters and drugstores are constant companions for most Germans – be it for large weekend shopping or for a quick snack during the lunch break. Product recalls or production stops are therefore very relevant for many. The same applies to changes for train drivers, at furniture stores such as IKEA or the German banking institutes.
In this article we inform you about the most important innovations, changes and all other events that affect German consumers.
Kaufland customers must note a cherry recall. The items may be contaminated with pesticides. Read the details here:
The Raiffeisenbank in the Hochtaunus is closing all of its branches. In the course of this, the supply of cash will also be discontinued. The details:
The German soap manufacturer Kappus is insolvent. Increased personnel costs and high raw material prices forced the traditional company to take this step.
The EU has decided on a uniform standard for chargers. In the future, all smartphones and the like will use USB-C. Here are the details:
At Aldi, Lidl and Co. there have been delivery bottlenecks for a long time. Now pet food is also affected by the problems.
Ikea is introducing the Recup/Rebowl returnable deposit system in its stores in Germany. The aim is to reduce waste and wasted food.
Netflix experienced a major disruption at times on Thursday evening. Thousands of users complained about technical problems with the streaming portal. The disruption affected the streaming itself, the login and the server connection. The problem now appears to have been resolved.
Pensioners in Germany will receive a one-time payment until December 15th. This should help cushion the burden of high prices. There are 300 euros. And the upper limit for midi jobs will be raised.
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Amazon Prime Day is taking place for the second time this year: as early as next week on October 11th and 12th, Prime subscribers can again shop for exclusive bargains – and thus possibly save themselves the stress of Black Friday. We’ve picked out some exciting early deals that are unlikely to fall in price by the end of the year. A few other retailers are also involved in the discount battle.
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