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ET Awful

(24,753 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:53 PM Jan 2018

So apparently, they're having Nutella riots in France :)

Only partially kidding:

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/europe/nutella-discount-sparks-chaos-in-france-intl/index.html

From the article:

"There is a saying amongst chocolate-spread connoisseurs that although you can't buy happiness, you can buy a jar of Nutella. So when a French supermarket chain discounted the chocolatey goodness by 70%, shoppers were keen to get more than their fair share.

Chaotic scenes were reported at branches of Intermarche as customers fought to take advantage of the offer. Videos posted online showed the lengths to which people were prepared to go in order to get their hands on the spread.
"It was a real disaster, 200 people were outside waiting for the supermarket's opening," one employee at a store in Metz, northeast France," told CNN. "All of this mess for a Nutella jar."
"People just rushed in, shoving everyone, breaking things. It was like an orgy," another employee in Forbach, northeast France, told AFP. "We were on the verge of calling the police."



All I have to say is if that's what your orgies look like, you're doing it wrong .

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So apparently, they're having Nutella riots in France :) (Original Post) ET Awful Jan 2018 OP
I saw it on Twitter, they are going after that Nutella as if it were an XBOX. dewsgirl Jan 2018 #1
Way wrong! Heartstrings Jan 2018 #2
. dalton99a Jan 2018 #3
+ 1 lunasun Jan 2018 #6
Pancake Tuesday isn't far off !!! A Jar broke in the riot...it was an awful Metz. OnDoutside Jan 2018 #4
They're nuts, of course, but years ago I brought some back from Belgium along with... TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #5
Hazelnut (Nutella) is AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Jan 2018 #7

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. They're nuts, of course, but years ago I brought some back from Belgium along with...
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:12 PM
Jan 2018

some butter waffle crackers/cookies (so buttery your fingers got sticky) and when the office found them they were gone in minutes. Both were previously unknown in New Jersey.

Vast dietary guilt over such incredible goodness, but they gorged on it anyway.

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