r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/Cialis-in-Wonderland Dec 06 '16

I remember buying Arizona Ice Tea at Lidl for that price, and Netto sometimes has it on offer at 1.50 € a litre. From the font on the price tag it looks like Edeka/Reichelt, which is usually more expensive anyway.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Jun 15 '17

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u/BillSkarsgard Dec 06 '16

We have it in Sweden as well at least. You'll find it pretty much everywhere along with Lidl.

Don't have your oh so cheap alcohol there tho.

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u/Cialis-in-Wonderland Dec 06 '16

The funny thing is, in Germany there are two competing supermarket chains called Netto. Here are the two logos:

This is the one "in my hood" where you can sometimes find Arizona Teas: https://media.glassdoor.com/sqll/926453/netto-marken-discount-squarelogo-1419960720584.png

This is the other one, but I have never been there: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/5/56/Netto-logo.svg/200px-Netto-logo.svg.png

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 06 '16

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u/Cialis-in-Wonderland Dec 06 '16

Hahaha, that's exactly what everyone has told me!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

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u/Cialis-in-Wonderland Dec 06 '16

No, I mean those price tags on the shelf: the font suggests it's Edeka/Reichelt

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u/schorsch3000 Dec 06 '16

What's about Reichelt? im aware of EDEKA as a discounter, but in my world reichtelt is an electronics supplier: reichelt.de , what do i miss :)

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u/Birne94 Dec 06 '16

I think they are two different companies (?). The reichelt super market chain now is a part of EDEKA, we have a few of them around here in Berlin. There are a few other subbrands of EDEKA all over Germany, Neukauf is another one I remember from where I grew up.

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u/Hanzaru Dec 06 '16

In southern Germany there was "Super 2000" which now is also just "Edeka".

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u/A_Sinclaire Dec 06 '16

Seems it's a discounter in and around Berlin owned by Edeka.

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u/Timeyy Dec 06 '16

Theres also a subdivision of EDEKA with that name: https://www.reichelt-berlin.de/

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u/Cialis-in-Wonderland Dec 06 '16

It's probably that: if you search for images, you find things like this:

http://www.praxis-trio.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bild0251.jpg

I guess it's a Berlin/Brandenburg thing

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u/schorsch3000 Dec 06 '16

oh i didn't know about that, seems legit, thanks!