Supermarket In Denmark Comes Up With A Brilliant Pricing Trick To Stop Hand Sanitizer Hoarding
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While the whole Internet is laughing and creating memes about people hoarding toilet paper from supermarkets all over the world, there are a couple of other things particularly hard to buy these days. Masks and respirators and single-use medicinal gloves are among them but let’s not forget an item that’s been significantly more popular than usual as well. Well, yes, of course, it’s hand sanitizer. While people are stocking up on it like crazy, this supermarket in Denmark came up with a genius way to put an end to it with this simple yet brilliant pricing trick.
This guy shared on Twitter about a Danish supermarket’s idea to stop people from hoarding hand sanitizer
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“Rotunden” supermarket in Denmark consider themselves to be Denmark’s most beautiful supermarket and describe themselves as an exclusive shopping environment with respect for people’s busy everyday lives. Apparently, their values are also humane enough to care not only about selling as much as possible but also getting the product to as many people in need as possible.
Apparently, the store is now selling one bottle of sanitizer for 40 DKK ($4.09) while two bottles cost 1,000 DKK ($95)
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Just like a lot of supermarkets nowadays, they recently experienced people trying to hoard certain products and felt they couldn’t just leave it like that and ought to do something. Therefore, they came up with quite an unconventional pricing idea for the hand sanitizer they are selling after they noticed some people are buying way too much of it.
The store itself took to Facebook to explain their motivation behind this pricing
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“Dear Customers,
We have a great responsibility to keep the business running, and we can only do that with everyone’s help and understanding. You can help in the following way:
We ask all customers to respect the distance between each other and our co-workers;
Sprinkle (likely sanitize or wash) hands off at the entrance and use gloves;
If you are a family, please allow only one person to purchase the purchases if possible;
There may be times when we limit how many customers we accept in the store at one time. We will keep you informed about any operating changes on Facebook. Take care and thank you for your understanding,” they state in the letter.
Most people loved the idea but some were convinced there were better ways to stop hoarders
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By the way Soap ich much more efficient in killing the virus than sanitizer. Sanitzier is only important when you are outside and don't have access to water for washing your hands. Soap removes the fat layer around the virus killing it instantly, sanitizer doesn't so it takes longer for it to inactivate the virus. Now go hoard Soap and wash your hands ;)
And people, especially those with long fingernails, might want to think about getting a surgical brush with one row dedicated to clean under the nails.
Mathias, this is dangerous misinformation. COVID-19 can survive on surfaces for up to three days. Hand washing with soap is the most simple way to prevent infection, along with not touching your face. Waiting for "droplets to hit the ground" is not going to help much.
Little Wonder, yes they do and I didn't say it is unnecessary to wash your hands but that the virus mainly is spread otherwise and it is more important to avoid to be exposed to that and there is no need to panic about the hands. Wash them once you get home and don't touch your face or food before that. At work things of course may vary but in general there is no need to put tons of sanitizer on your hands when the virus is mainly airborne and you do nothing against that.
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Well at this point I want to add: Covid-19 is by far mainly spread over the air, the amount of viruses in the throat the days before first symptoms show is incredible high, much higher than with the flu. That is why it is so contagious. So there would be no need to panic about the sanitizer in the first place, washing one hands for sure is a good thing but infection trough touching is quite rare actually. The best one can do not to be infected is: keep a distance on the outside and don't enter a room before the droplets big enough to be contagious sink to the ground. Hence the distance rule - so most of the droplets sink to the ground before you come close. 1 meter of course is not enough to entirely prevent an infection it is just reducing the risk a lot. On the other hand if a sick person was in a room and you enter a few hours later - and wash your hands afterwards there is close to zero risk.
Mathias - Saying it is spread mostly by air is completely false. Where did you get your information?? Do some research on it. It is only temporarily in the air if a person sneezes, it is mostly passed along by person-to-person contact on high touch surfaces, hense the importance of washing your hands.
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Of course they could simply not sell more than 1 of those to every person.
This is better. It gives the customer a choice. Maybe some people need it that badly - let them decide.
doing this with food items like pasta, rice, tomato soup, etc. would be god-awful for big families that are looking to get by, too. Not everyone lives alone or in small households.
By the way Soap ich much more efficient in killing the virus than sanitizer. Sanitzier is only important when you are outside and don't have access to water for washing your hands. Soap removes the fat layer around the virus killing it instantly, sanitizer doesn't so it takes longer for it to inactivate the virus. Now go hoard Soap and wash your hands ;)
And people, especially those with long fingernails, might want to think about getting a surgical brush with one row dedicated to clean under the nails.
Mathias, this is dangerous misinformation. COVID-19 can survive on surfaces for up to three days. Hand washing with soap is the most simple way to prevent infection, along with not touching your face. Waiting for "droplets to hit the ground" is not going to help much.
Little Wonder, yes they do and I didn't say it is unnecessary to wash your hands but that the virus mainly is spread otherwise and it is more important to avoid to be exposed to that and there is no need to panic about the hands. Wash them once you get home and don't touch your face or food before that. At work things of course may vary but in general there is no need to put tons of sanitizer on your hands when the virus is mainly airborne and you do nothing against that.
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Well at this point I want to add: Covid-19 is by far mainly spread over the air, the amount of viruses in the throat the days before first symptoms show is incredible high, much higher than with the flu. That is why it is so contagious. So there would be no need to panic about the sanitizer in the first place, washing one hands for sure is a good thing but infection trough touching is quite rare actually. The best one can do not to be infected is: keep a distance on the outside and don't enter a room before the droplets big enough to be contagious sink to the ground. Hence the distance rule - so most of the droplets sink to the ground before you come close. 1 meter of course is not enough to entirely prevent an infection it is just reducing the risk a lot. On the other hand if a sick person was in a room and you enter a few hours later - and wash your hands afterwards there is close to zero risk.
Mathias - Saying it is spread mostly by air is completely false. Where did you get your information?? Do some research on it. It is only temporarily in the air if a person sneezes, it is mostly passed along by person-to-person contact on high touch surfaces, hense the importance of washing your hands.
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Of course they could simply not sell more than 1 of those to every person.
This is better. It gives the customer a choice. Maybe some people need it that badly - let them decide.
doing this with food items like pasta, rice, tomato soup, etc. would be god-awful for big families that are looking to get by, too. Not everyone lives alone or in small households.