photo: Bára Richterová, PrahaIN.cz/Leftover pastries in Lidl
Lidl announced on its social networks about the possibility of winning a trip to the football Euro in Germany. In addition to the ticket, the winner will also receive accommodation and food. Some time ago, Lidl also promoted tickets to the World Cup in Hockey. PrahaIN.cz repeatedly tried to find out how many free tickets the chain received, but we did not get an answer.
In the mentioned post, however, no one was interested in the football trip, among almost a hundred reactions, no one was interested in the competition. Lidl was vilified for something completely different.
“If only you had something to buy. Empty shelves, in the end I have to go elsewhere,” appeared under the post, where the discussant published a photo of almost empty shelves in the Brno branch four hours before closing time. But he was not the only one, and others were added with similar photos.
There are no pastries after six o’clock
According to the panelists, there were also empty shelves in Hranice, Duchcov, Nehvizdy, Unhošt and Zdibe. Most often, it is said to be baked goods and sale items. Our editors visited two branches after six o’clock and indeed in both there were only remnants of some kind of pastry.
It is said to be the same with promotional goods. PrahaIN.cz wrote about it several times. Individual branches only have a few pieces and others are out of luck. The most requested item is sold out immediately after opening. Some say there are no goods even since the start of the event.
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According to Lidl, allocations for stores are governed by a distribution key, which takes into account the allocation for a given store so that the sales potential is used to the maximum.
“When planning promotional offers, we are based on facts from past events. The quality of our products and favorable prices are so interesting for customers that the goods can be quickly sold out,” a Lidl spokesperson told PrahaIN.cz earlier.
When the product is on sale, there are only a few items on the shelves
But we noticed an almost identical discussion a few months ago, when the chain announced that it was extending its opening hours. Here, too, the question arose as to what good it is when, for example, some types of fresh bread are not available several hours before closing time.
A reader turned to the editors with a similar example.
Litter remains two hours after opening. Author: PrahaIN.cz
“I know you often write about different supermarkets, so I’m sending you a photo of what the cat litter shelf looked like two hours after opening,” she commented, sending a picture where there were only three packages.
On Friday, Lidl announced a forty percent discount on all products of the Coshida brand, which is Lidl’s private label for pet food. The shelves are said to be full with litter as standard. “I bought the last three. So at nine there wasn’t even one there,” she added.
