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'We nearly called the police': French shoppers go nuts (sorry) over discounted Nutella

A French supermarket chain discounted it by 70%.

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A FRENCH SUPERMARKET chain’s decision to slash the price of Nutella by 70% has sparked frenzy, with shoppers across the country jostling to squirrel away as many jars of the nutty spread as possible in what one worker likened to an orgy.

Video posted online yesterday and testimony from baffled supermarket workers showed long queues forming outside Intermarche supermarkets and chaotic scenes as bargain hunters stormed inside.

“People just rushed in, shoving everyone, breaking things. It was like an orgy,” one employee in the northeastern town of Forbach told AFP, asking to remain anonymous.

We were on the verge of calling the police.

Another employee in Revigny-sur-Ornain said it was no wonder there was a run on the shelves: “70% off? That’s a steal.”

When contacted by AFP, Intermarche apologised to its customers and said it had been “surprised” by the sheer demand.

The chain usually sells Nutella for €4.50 but with the discount jars were going for just €1.41.

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Ferrero, the Italian company that makes Nutella, said the discount decision was taken “unilaterally” by Intermarche and risked creating “confusion and disappointment” for consumers.

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    Mute Carmel O'Shea
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:08 AM

    No effect on me. Some of the patterns look pretty, like the snail shell.

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    Mute fergus
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    Sep 14th 2013, 12:29 PM

    Which hole does it scutter out of.lol

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    Mute Alan Lawlor
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:51 AM

    Its not the holes in the Lotus fruit that gives me the willies. It is those eyes peeking out of them.

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    Mute Fergal Kelly
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    Sep 14th 2013, 11:33 AM

    U was wondering myself whether being put off by the eyes made me an *insert word here*

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    Mute Orla
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:13 AM

    All this time I thought I was a freak. Please can someone tell me if there’s a cure? I could only look at the first one and now my day is ruined. I can’t actually believe there’s a name for it!

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    Mute Little Jim
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:13 AM

    Evolution has passed me by, I’d happily pick any of them up.

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    Mute Robin Pickering
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:55 AM

    Au contraire, young Jim. Evolution has hit the pause button for the 16%, not you!

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    Mute Little Jim
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    Sep 16th 2013, 11:20 AM

    Thanks Robin, just picked up this puffer fish.
    It’s not good.

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    Mute karla carroll
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:07 AM

    I like looking at the above images. Love the frogs…

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    Mute Kitty Prendergast
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:12 AM

    That lotus pod thing totally gives me the willies!!!! :-0

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    Mute karla carroll
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:22 AM

    The lotus pod looks like a larvae pod. Thanks to my dad keeping maggots in the fridge when I was a kid the picture has no affect on me.

    I find looking at the honey comb gives me a sense of tranquility.

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    Mute R
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    Sep 14th 2013, 11:07 AM

    Where did you keep your food? Were they live?

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    Mute karla carroll
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    Sep 14th 2013, 3:03 PM

    They were kept in a container in the fridge along side our food. He used them for fishing.

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    Mute Patricia Mc Cann
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:14 AM

    I think most of them are beautiful

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    Mute O'Reilly
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:06 AM

    Try them with a Sinn Fein/ULA budget proposal…

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    Mute Stephen Downey
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:17 AM

    Hahaha…that’s brilliant that is! Really brilliant….More!More!More!

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:18 AM

    Thanks

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    Mute Dermot Mc Loughlin
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:19 AM

    Oh for f**k sake.

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    Mute Malachy Quinn
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    Sep 15th 2013, 9:39 AM

    Yes terrifying if you are on a large wage & avoiding Tax by the FF,FG & LAB schemes designed to benefit the elite!
    For what died the sons of Roisin,
    Was it greed!

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    Mute Natalie May
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:43 AM

    I’ve had this for years and never knew why it freaked me out. The lotus thing makes me feel terror and disgust and physically ill!
    Not sure I agree with the study findings though as none of those poisonous animals freak me out.
    To fellow sufferers: now that you know the name don’t google it. The images that come up will disturb you for weeks! I made that mistake about a year ago!
    *shudders*

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    Mute Fergal Kelly
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    Sep 14th 2013, 11:37 AM

    Aw man!!! I wasn’t freaked out by the holes so figured I was safe enough to do exactly what you said not to do….. Now I’m resolved to staying in bed under my covers forever.

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    Mute Jean McGrath
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:30 AM

    The lotus fruit image freaked me out a bit it looks like eyes staring out of the holes

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    Mute Emma Brennan
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:16 AM

    First picture really gets to me!

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    Mute Pokey2013
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:39 AM

    Call me nerd, but i think this really interesting stuff! I never thought that the patterns would be just as important as the crazy colours for warning off predators. I don’t think I have a phobia but there is definitely some faint weirdness going on!

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    Mute Eileen McGovern
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:31 AM

    Most of them are quite pretty! But the first one looks like loads of eyeballs! Yuck!

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    Mute Chopstix
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:15 AM

    Trippppy!!!

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    Sep 14th 2013, 12:42 PM

    You’ve just ruined my day :( vomit

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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:48 AM

    In other news 85.87% of statistics are made up.

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    Mute Vic
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:53 AM

    I remember reading the Ryanair flight magazine last year and there was an article in which the writer described that he had eaten so much Hawaiian pizza that he felt like pineapple was squeezing from his pores. That image still turns my stomach and turned me completely off my favourite pizza. I’ve never read his articles again when flying.

    Apologies if I’ve turned anyone else’s stomach, blame Ryanair. Eugh I’m getting shivers thinking about it.

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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:50 AM

    They’re all so colourful and pretty

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    Mute Liam O Sullivan
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    Sep 14th 2013, 12:17 PM

    It ain’t the honeycomb that freaks me out but being that close to potentially hundreds of bees would make me kak the pants…

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    Mute Emmett McNamara
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    Sep 14th 2013, 2:11 PM

    absolutely disgusting images. you can add the inside of a pepper to that. pure revulsion

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    Mute Sharon Larkin
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:55 AM

    That blob thing that was named the ugliest creature really did turn my stomach. I’m sure he’s a lovely fella once you get to know him

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    Mute Noel Noblett
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:50 AM

    The first two images made me gag, the second image in particular.

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    Mute Laura W
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    Sep 14th 2013, 11:24 AM

    I don’t have a phobia but I actually feel a bit sick now after looking at a couple of those. How bizarre. I’d never heard of it before

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    Sep 14th 2013, 3:20 PM

    The spots on a banana or on a pancake make me feel funny.

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Sep 14th 2013, 11:53 AM

    I thought they were pretty some even beautiful . Wonder how the feck my ancestors survived at all if we don’t possess this genetic fear of poisonous animal and plant life. Can just Imagine it now. Sp pretty must taste ………

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    Mute Niamh O'Regan
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    Sep 16th 2013, 2:47 PM

    First one freaks me out

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    Mute Anthony Byrne
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    Sep 14th 2013, 5:40 PM

    The blue frog looks extremely unpredictable. Wouldnt trust him.

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    Mute Lorraine Keane
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:58 AM

    Yuck

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    Mute Kat D
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    Sep 14th 2013, 1:28 PM

    U know what makes me ill…the inside of yellow melons!!! The pips/seeds and slime turn my stomach something shockin!!!!

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    Mute Marie Boran
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    Sep 17th 2013, 6:03 PM

    It’s more disgusting when it’s photoshopped like this: http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/239/a/e/trypophobia_by_otettttt-d5clgnk.jpg
    *barf*

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    Mute John Ward
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    Sep 14th 2013, 1:28 PM

    Unfortunately, the first picture reminds me of the “shower heads” in the Auschwitz gas chambers.
    Apart from that awful association, I find the pictures interesting.

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    Mute Kieran Casey
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    Sep 14th 2013, 10:47 PM

    Ya im not a fan of small holes myself:/

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