Consumers have chosen the ready-made Pasta meal Mirácoli of Mars to the “sham of the year 2019”.
More than 2,500 complaints about the product were submitted in the past year, in the consumer centre of Hamburg – the customers have complained about the lack of content with a lot of packaging.
Sham Mirácoli: reduction of the content of
Since last year, the finished dish is sold without cheese, even the tomato sauce and spice mix was saved.
The price remained stable. A note, explaining the reduced amount, missing.
The consumer center of Hamburg criticized the hidden price increase by a reduction of the charge.
“Consumers have little Chance of hidden price increases, to recognize in the trade, and we can take no legal steps,” says Armin Valet.
The consumer advocates calls, therefore, on a platform, on the manufacturer’s capacity changes and non-binding price recommendations have to publish.
“To add this information to the prices of the trade, consumers would be able to be pulled so easily over the table,” says Valet.
“Sham of the year”: the Hipp place
Place two of the “100% organic lands directly juice carrot” of Hipp. While the bottle of 500 Milliliter was reduced to 330 milliliters, has increased the company’s selling price. As a result, the juice was twice as expensive.
Third place goes to “Rama Our masterpiece” by Upfield, followed by the “Darkmilk”-chocolate from Milka.
Vote for the “sham of the year” by consumers on the website of the consumer centre of Hamburg.
Luisa High Brink
*The contribution of “consumer protection: Mirácoli elected to the “sham of the year”” published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.