{"id":54608,"date":"2022-01-10T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=54608"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:48:53","slug":"deceptive-packaging-2021-consumer-advice-centre-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/mogelpackung-2021-verbraucherzentrale-hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eCheat pack 2021\u201c: Consumer advice centre Hamburg launches vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year, the Hamburg Consumer Centre is once again looking for the \u201eCheat Pack of the Year 2021\". Consumers can now make a final online selection from five candidates from the products reported to the consumer advice centre that have caused consumer displeasure.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With the annual negative prize, the Consumer advice centre<\/a> Hamburg draws attention to hidden price increases that it either identifies itself or is notified of by consumers. Often in focus: Price increases due to changes in bottling volumes.<\/strong><\/p>

\u201eAgain and again, well-disguised changes in filling quantities are the means of choice to push through sometimes drastic price increases,\u201c reports Armin Valet<\/strong> from the Consumer advice centre Hamburg<\/a>. \u201eIt works so well because retailers, who alone set the sales prices, go along with it and politicians let the companies get away with it.\u201c Consumers often don't even notice the trickery and therefore pay significantly more for certain products. Valet is therefore in favour of more transparency in the supermarket.\u00a0<\/p>

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The candidates for the \"2021 cheat pack\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Candidate for the 2021 cheat pack: Bahlsen's \"Perpetuum\" wafers. (Image: Consumer advice centre Hamburg)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The five candidates for 2021 include some big names. So has Bahlsen<\/strong> with a new design its \u201eAfrica\u201c waffle renamed \u201ePerpetum\u201c<\/strong> and relaunched at the same price, although the filling quantity per pack was reduced from 130 to just 97 grams. The costs consumers 34 per cent more at the checkout<\/strong> and at the same time leads to more resources being used: around 2,600 more outer packaging, plastic trays and plastic sleeves are now needed per tonne of wafers.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Homann's \"Paprika Sauce\" is candidate two for the 2021 cheat pack (Image: Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The situation is similar for the second candidate for the \u201eDeceptive packaging<\/a> 2021\u2033 from. With the \u201ePaprika sauce\u201c from Homann<\/strong> only 400 millilitres of sauce are now bottled instead of 500 millilitres. At the same time, the retail price has risen. According to the consumer advice centre, the old product cost 0.99 euros at Kaufland in Hamburg and now costs 1.49 euros since the changeover. This corresponds to a price increase of over 80 per cent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nestl\u00e9's \"KitKat\" multipack has also been nominated for the 2021 cheat pack. (Image: Consumer advice centre Hamburg)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Also in a multipack \u201eKitKat\u201c from Nestl\u00e9<\/strong> suddenly contains less. The multipack with five bars (5 x 41.5 grams) has become a four-pack (4 x 41.5 grams) - and at the same price as before. This means that the Chocolate bars have become 25 per cent more expensive for consumers<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Knorr's \"Rahm-So\u00dfe\" contains only two sauces in the packaging instead of three, while the price remains the same.\n(Image: Consumer advice centre Hamburg)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Less content for the same price is also available with the \u201eKnorr<\/strong> Cream sauce\u201c from Unilever<\/strong>. Since 2021, the company has been offering the sauce as a 2-pack and no longer as a 3-pack, but at the same price as before. The filling quantity of the individual packs and the recipe have remained unchanged. The sauce is therefore up to 50 per cent more expensive for consumers<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Contender number five for the 2021 cheat pack: the \"Wurzener Waffelbl\u00e4ttchen\u201c from Griesson - de Beukelaer.\n(Image: Consumer advice centre Hamburg)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Candidate five not only raises the price, but also turns the screw on the packaging. The \u201eWurzen wafer flakes\u201c from Griesson - de Beukelaer<\/strong> are now in a visually packaging twice as large<\/strong> as before. One would assume that the content has also grown. Unfortunately, this is not the case - just Three per cent more waffles <\/strong>(103 grams instead of the previous 100 grams) are in the new packaging. However, the selling price has risen by up to 27 per cent. A bad deal not only for consumers, but also for the environment, as additional packaging material has to be used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Transparency is required<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Not all companies responded to the consumer advice centre's enquiry as to what had caused these packaging changes. In most cases, increased production costs or optimised packaging processes were mentioned. It is clear that this can be reflected in the price of the products. But these Changes should be comprehensible<\/strong> and Clearly communicated for consumers<\/strong> become. In addition Conservation of resources <\/strong>and Sustainability important factors<\/strong>, by which companies are measured today. The numerous submissions that the consumer advice centre receives every year show that consumers notice \u201einconsistent\u201c changes - and in a negative way. <\/p>\n

Until 24 January the Vote on the \u201echeat pack of the year 2021<\/a> still open. <\/p>\n

Source: <\/em>Consumer advice centre Hamburg<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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