In this article we summarize the most important consumer news of the week for you. This week, among other things, an ice cream recall and price increases by several beverage manufacturers must be observed.
Whether it’s Aldi, Lidl, dm or Rewe: 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. Of course, the same also applies to the large manufacturers such as Coca-Cola or important services such as Hermes and DHL.
In this article, our colleagues from CHIP inform you about the most important innovations, changes and all other events that affect German consumers.
The beverage manufacturer Bad Dürrheimer is currently informing about a recall. Due to a possible packaging error, foreign odors occur in one batch of “Natural Organic Mineral Water”. The details:
The drugstore chain dm wants to set up pick-up stations in around 700 other branches. Customers can pick up goods ordered online there. Read how this works here:
Coca-Cola is reorganizing its range. While three bottle sizes of Vio mineral water are disappearing, other products are being added. Read here what customers need to know now.
The ice cream recall of Häagen-Dazs products is extended. Numerous items have been withdrawn from sale due to possible contamination with the carcinogenic substance ethylene oxide. A list of affected products can be found here:
DHL recently submitted, now Hermes is following suit. The prices for several types of shipments will be increased. Read the details here:
The chocolate manufacturer Milka is changing the recipe for its chocolate. Also, the tablets now have a different shape. Find out the details here:
The industry price for electricity in Germany is currently five times as high as it was a year ago. This is a problem for many companies. Now more and more entrepreneurs are sounding the alarm. Among them also Trigema veteran Wolfgang Grupp. He warns of a “big wave of layoffs”.
A government levy means that consumers face additional energy costs of several hundred euros a year. But it can also be more. FOCUS Online explains the most important questions.
Millions of heating systems in Germany could fail in winter. At least that’s what the federal government fears. So that it doesn’t come to that, the suppliers should sound the alarm.
