Supermarket Removes All Foreign Food From Shelves To Make A Point About Racism, And Here’s The Result
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When customers walked into Edeka supermarket in Hamburg recently, they were surprised to find that the shelves were almost empty, and the small handful of products that remained were all made in Germany. It seemed like the supermarket had simply forgotten to restock their produce until customers saw the mysterious signs left around the shop. “So empty is a shelf without foreigners,” read one sign at the cheese counter. “This shelf is quite boring without variety,” read another.
It turns out that Edeka, in a rather controversial move, had opted to solely sell German food for a day in order to make a powerful statement about racism and ethnic diversity. As a result, there were no Greek olives, no Spanish tomatoes, and very little of anything else that can normally be found in a typical modern household. “Edeka stands for diversity, and we produce a wide range of food in our assortment, which is produced in the different regions of Germany,” said an Edeka spokesman. “But it is together with products from other countries that we create the unique diversity that our customers value.”
What do you think? Is this a great way to raise awareness about diversity, or have they missed the point? Let us know in the comments below.
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This makes a great point, and without the need to scream and get in everyone's faces. Good move. :D
Love this. Point well made. Unfortunately there all some people who won't or chose not to get it. What a boring world this would be if it weren't for the many contributions of the different groups (nationalities) that make up this great country we live in.
I agree. A point can be made without shouting or violence. I'm your basic white chick, living in Southern California. However, I love to cook and I love to eat - and that can't happen easily WITHOUT embracing diversity. I couldn't imagine going to the grocery store and not finding: Kalamata olives & Feta cheese from Greece, San Remo tomatoes or Tuscan 3x virgin pressed Olive Oil from Italy, Himalayan Sea Salt, Cinnamon from Sri Lanka, Nutmeg from Indonesia or the Korean Kimchi my husband loves from the local asian market, personally made by the owner's Grandmother.
the great world we live in, here here.
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Oh I get it. And they will get it too when they have to get their cut-throats off of Muslim knives.
Baron, it's "senseless". Dave, thanks for being here so I don't start yelling at them...
Yes senseless and stupid. Created for advertising reasons. In German history was a boycott of Jewish businesses in 1933.
Agree John. Much better way of making a point without getting someone's "ire" up.
The same problem was in Russia till 2014 year! Half of apples, cheese were of foreign production. Russians accepted 3 million refugees from Ukraine and developed the agro-production to provide themselves with the food. The prices for food will grow this year because the weather was abnormal. A part of harvest was lost because of the floods or of the draught.
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What point does it make when even Hitler, who is considered the most racist men of all time had economical trade with different races of other nations.
I think the point is more about showing how much other cultures impact our daily lives, i.e. the selection of foods we have available to us every day. I don't think it's about trade. It's about diversity.
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Hitler, the most racist man ever? LMFAO, you need to do some reading.
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Agree. Totally senceless.
Spare a moment for the lowly stockers who had to take all the items off the shelves and then put them back!
dear god I hope they got overtime
It's Germany; they have actual labor laws that are actually enforced; if they worked OT they got paid for it. :D
You beat me to it! When I looked at the empty shelves, the first that came to mind was the sheer tonnage of work it took to pull it off.
If they were mexican in America... Nope. lol.
Overtime is a thing of the past nowadays.
Think of all the extra hours the stocker got if they were only part time! What comes off the shelf does need to go back on, but it takes time and they get paid by the hour so it makes a bigger pay cheque for them.
Was thinking the same thing. :)
No worries. Most of them were probably migrants anyway. ;-)
No worries. Most of them were probably migrants anyway. ;-)
they were probably all foreigners having to work minimum wage...shelves arent the only things that will be empty after Brexit in the UK....who will pick the fields?
I wonder if they scrapped the dole.. might solve the problem.
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did you miss the point or what?
As can be expected for Germany, there was still plenty of beer.
And it is written: Man shall not live on beer alone.
If anyone can do it the Germans can.
oh yeah? Hold my beer.
We also have Sauerkraut and Currywurst... all is fine!
Clearly you've never been to Canada.
They wanted to make a point, not to start a Civil War
The point was Germany makes a lot of beer, not that they didn't cut the diversify of beer.
Beer and brats, the basis of a good diet!
Beer vending machines FTW.
...and bratwurst
Racism? Do you mean nationalism? Foreign countries are nations not races.
I see it as a metaphor, not literal. When you eliminate what is not in "your group" you become a racist. Hence excluding everything Not German.
Considering that there is but one race, HUMAN race, (biologically speaking) and different ethnic groups are all still part of it, "racist" has always been a misnomer. As a term of hating "the other" i.e.: anyone different from you and your group, it serves.
That's so racist man ;)
well, the word 'race' was originally a synonym to 'nation' and both simply meant a group of people of shared ethnicity but not necessarily, it changed under certain ideology and there's nothing wrong or weird about it changing back/changing again
For me, buying local isn't about racism. It's about fresher food and supporting the local farmers. While I see your point and applaud your efforts, I would be okay with this.
As an Italian, i'd say this will be utterly bullshit: as one of the four great country for Cuisine (New York Times said that), I can produce all my food by myself, but at what cost? I mean, my pasta is sure the best you can find, so are my wines and my cheese, but even if I can produce great beers, i can't emulate the incredible taste that some German\Dutch\Irish beer have, or the German Wurst for example. What about Indian spice? Greek Feta? Or hell, some Japanese imported food, even Bananas from tropical counteries have another taste compared to mine. I don't say it's not possibile to live by the products your country offers, but why losing so much in a term of taste?
Dietarily, many things should be locally sourced, like Susan said, for freshness, and for a robust local economy. However what the store did is best viewed, I think, as a metaphor, not a literal interpretation. A variety of people, of different origins and viewpoints make our lives richer and more interesting. I could eat quite well off local products most happily, I could not live with just the "local culture" and no "imports" as friends.
Sure you can emulate the taste of Irish beer. Take water, piss in it, let simmer for a few days. Tada! Greetings from Belgium!
mmhmm Wurst <3 :D Scusi, i couldn't resist.
That works to a degree. Salt, for example is not found everywhere. Some things have been traded around the world for a very long time for a reason. And it would be so sad to never have had chocolate or coffee.
My thoughts exactly. Their intentions were good but they just might have given actual racists more arguments instead of proving them wrong.
I think it's jus stupid. I don't know anyone against immigration and other cultures...it's illegal immigration and people who don't want to assimilate that are the issue. Like when a man refuses to leery his wife shake hands with another man; they should not move to a country where that is expected. It's not that hard to understand.
Growing up in NY in the 1960's many of my friends had grandparents living with them that by trump's standards would have been considered unassimilated. They barely spoke English, only went to certain familiar places were like like immigrants were. It took everything they had to even do that. It was the next generations' path to assimilate. And they did.
If you really don't know anyone against legal immigration or other cultures, you need to get outside of your bubble. Or go hang out at the next KKK rally
Wrong, Trump has very clearly laid out a plan that would drastically reduce the number of LEGAL immigrants to America.
It's one of those annoying cases when somebody wants to prove a point I wholeheartedly agree with but I somehow feel like they gave more ammunition to the opposite side. Because, frankly, when it comes to food and economy it's considered unhealthy when the local product makes up for such a small percentage of all stock. The main message I get is how people are unnecessarily buying foreign products and it makes me think about how it harms German farmers and producers. Plus locally grown veggies are always superior to imported ones. Sane people don't buy Spanish tomatoes in the middle of tomatoe season. So I can't really appreciate that initiative, somebody seriously didn't think what they're doing.
This is Eurozone.. economically speaking, all of Europe is the same country. They use the same currency, they can travel freely within each other's borders. There is less of an impact from imports because of this. I don't think Germans eat a whole lot of fresh vegetables to be honest.
The point was to stage a viral marketing campaign. Nothing else. It was thought up by an ad company and a advertising production/film studio. Shared over and over everybody talks about Edeka (a German grocery store chain) over and over. There is no hidden agenda no morality, no nothing. Just about generating views and making the brand more known. Just search Edeka on YouTube.
A lot of work for those who work there but what a great, simple message to highlight the importance of diversity (and without violence).
Absurd. Germans aren't "racist" against the Spanish, Greeks, French, etc., so this is a "statement" that demonstrates absolutely nothing.
Robert: And you know this for a fact that Germans' aren't against other nationalities? Then I can only see that you have not followed European news much in the last few years. The Italians are fed up with all the tourists in Venice because it is destroying their city and its infrastructure. The Spanish don't like other people in their country because they take up too much of the road space etc. The French hate the English because they are buying houses in their countryside and expect to be able to buy English products. The whole of the EU hates the UK because of Brexit. Everyone basically is hating everyone in the world. Where this chaos and hate will end is anyone's guess.
...only advertising makes store)
It is not what's on the shelves that are raping/sexually molesting women, molesting children in swimming pools, driving trucks and knifing people with wanton reckless abandon. Once again you idiots miss the point by virtue signalling and not correctly identifying the problem.
What's wrong with driving trucks?
Running people over with trucks.
wow.. I hope people understand the message..
Since when is Foreign equal Racism? Foreign is anything from outside your country. Racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior
When it comes to food, one should not think in terms of other countries but rather in terms of companies, as the fast majority (much more than 50%) of all the groceries are from just a few large companies, including Unilever (Netherlands), Associated British Foods (UK), Coca Cola (USA), Danone (France), General Mills (Canada), Keloggs (USA), Mars (USA), Kraft Foods (USA), Nestlé (Switzerland), and PepsiCo (USA), so just a few countries, and none of them from Africa, Asia or Middle-East. see: these-10-c...ou-buy.jpg
It gets especially funny when one company (like unilever) puts forth two exactly the same products under a different brand name with a different price.
one could argue that the ingredients that some of the products this companies sell could be from any of those regions, then again I believe with tech now days we could grow mostly anything anywhere
Probably all food from Somalia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria etc
mimimimimi
If my local shops did this, it's probably be empty...SO MUCH FOR '100% AUSTRALIAN MADE'!
Well, considering all your animal reigns tries to kill you every seconds of your day, i can understand why you import so much xD
Bazinga.
That's why everything in Australia is expensive lol.
Food is not people. When will people stop with the false equivalencies?
too bad people dont give a fuck and just went to the next supermarktet....
There isn't any other supermarket in this quarter.
Really? I live in a small town in Germany and we have about 10 supermarkets within a 4-kilometer range. This is Hamburg, surely there is another supermarket near by.
OMFG did you not all get it they were saying without other countries we wouldn't have food on our shelves ... its not about the stock boy or how much he put into taking the food off and on the shelves but how much we depend on other countries to eat on a daily bases ... WOW totally went over some of you people heads .... it didn't even dawn on a few of you that maybe you need those other countries and they need us too ... oh well I guess not all of use wake up and put one foot at a time on the floor when getting up a few of you just fall out of bed literally ....lolol
Diana White Yukon DeeDee: OMFG!!! Do you really think that our supermarket shelves would be empty with imported food products? Can you name one imported food item that we (the USA) either already don't produce, or cannot sustain life without? One more question; what the hell does this have to do with racism?
I don't get the point .. if every supermarket worldwide did this, all their shelves would look like this. The one is about trade and the other about people producing products in their own country which another imports. Do you have to take in the people just because you sell their products ? If the whole world would be one big country without borders, and government would be selected on a one-man-one-vote principle, guess who would be the permanent majority in Parliament.
Puh, are Germans "racists" against Spanish or Greeks? Well, more likely it looks like as shops in Romania during Ceausescu regime...
Coming soon to supermarkets in Brexit UK!
Good grief, another renowned
I mean remoaner
Misses the point entirely. While the food was diverse, it was all obtained legally. If the food (which is highly regulated) were obtained illegally from unregulated sources, then there would be harsh penalties and even jail time. The issue isn't diversity. The issue is legality and the intention of those who have come here illegally.
What does food has to do with Racism ? This analogy makes no sense
I assumed this analogy was used to highlight a lack of diversity in race...
It makes sense in a world where everyone who doesn't agree with you is "racist".
The same ppl who scream diversity also scream buy local and down with globalization....
This means that they need to start investing in their country a little more. No wonder the supermarket is empty.
*starts clapping*
BUT....the makers of said products DO NOT LIVE IN GERMANY. There is no outcry over trade with foreigners, the BIG problem is when thousands and thousands of them decide to come and LIVE in your town and refuse to assimilate into the local society, demanding that the original inhabitants change their lives to accommodate the interlopers, many of whom have entered said country ILLEGALLY and with no regard for the rule of law of said country.
So exotic food, pizza takeaways, kebab stalls are worth the: rape/sexual molestation of Germans, the rising crime and society being change irrecoverably compounded by the rising cost of this and the knock-on impact it has to the rest of the European countries.?
Love this. Point well made
When I come across racists here in America that say immigrants have to get out, I say "Cool.. Have you told the Indians the good news... that were all leaving... we are all leaving right? They just look at me dumb! lol
We lived without all this foreign food for 100's of years before it was put on the shelves so what is all the fuss about, from what I have seen around my country the shop keepers are catering for the foreigners more than they do for the local people.
If they'll try to do the same in Bavaria then... it won't make significant change.
True.
It's not about foreigners in general - it's about waves upon waves of people demanding that Germany and other countries change their customs to suit them (or they'll drive vans into you). Everyone saw how America let in practically anyone, so now it's a 'given' that any country full of whiteys Must let them in and cater to them, even if their ideas attack the freedom that let them in in the first place. Germany is about beer, castles, their food, and its' long history - if you don't like beer or German food, why go there? If you think the French are too open or 'too western', why choose to go there? Just to murder or demand they turn it into whatever land you left?
I think Germany could make that stuff themselves, just like anyone else.
sure we have a huge import , but let's say we stop importing , the first weeks , months it would look like this . but after a while locals would see the business opportunity an start producing our own , the local produce would definitely fill in the gaps in the shelves . ofcourse exotic stuff like coffee or chocolate would be a whole lot more difficult to try and cultivate locally , so there would still be gaps , just not as massive as the picture show . but yeh , diversity , and foreign input is much cooler
Yes you can't really chance the climate and soil of a country, so some things will never grow and will have to be imported.
Was the food there illegally?
Was the food there illegally?
Lesson: buy locally made products. Support your neighbors
I think they mix up some things. Yes we consume lots of goods that are produced all around the world. We are interdependent. I really would have supported this action when it was intended to show that. And to get attention for more just and fair trade with the rest of the world, as many products are produced in an exploitative way. But what have these to do with migration and diversity over here? Trading foods with Moroccans in Morocco is something different as Moroccans migrating to hamburg.
What a clever way to bring the message home. In America, we say buy American but trump and his daughter have everything manufactured in China for pennies. He hires workers from Mexico even as he demands they pay for a wall and his followers chant death to anyone who disagrees with him. It seems the Germans learned the lessons of WWII much better than we did. I fear for our future as we are lead by a Fascist sympathizer President.
Brilliant!!
so just to get this clear, in the past at least 10-15 years we had no problem with each other. The problem is not the so called "Greek olives, or Spanish tomatoes." Yes racism is a bad thing, but in these days I don't have to worry about the Irish, Spanish, Brazil, or Hungarians... It's not our kind trying to cut our throat, bomb our kids, or gang rape our women... this post is pointless and hurtful to us Europeans who wants to leave with peaceful law abiding ppl.... We are not the problem.
It is an election year here in Germany, so maybe that is the slant to this. I wonder how many items they pulled off their shelves that were from Syria. Racism is not the same as Xenophobia and it seems in the end that Edeke could only try to make a point to those who don't know the difference.
And what did the germans eat before the globalization? Come on, most of the local producers are off the market (or at least cheap stores) just because of the cleap import of products, produced by people who get paid 5% of the german sallaries. Stop the import and this would be full again in 2-3 years. Well perhaps without bananas and such.
this is because of German mercantilism, invading the foreign markets with low-cost products, leaving the internal market where wage-aggression policies have been applied. Someone explain it to these radical-chic dementias.
Very nostalgic. Looks exactly as I remember the shops when I grew up in Soviet Union.
You forget that they are in a country about the size of Oklahoma. They don't have states there or a well-organized European union. So, I think it is pretty dumb. They HAVE to rely on their other countries just as we have to rely on other states. It would be stupid to do otherwise. But they don't have to accept immigrants who want to destroy them.
Well said.
What a fabulous idea. The point of diversity is usually lost on the mainstream emotionally until it is felt and experienced functionally. I believe more people in organizational roles should follow Edeka's example.
Not only in Germany but all over the world do we need each other.... like it or not !!!
An excellent point. I remember watching on PBS many years ago about the foods that were native to North America. The number fit on one hand. (more things have been added to that, I'm sure due to further research and shipping advances)
I would LOVE to see a store do that here in the states!
Oversimplification.
A good point to highlight the high carbon footprint of the products carried by edeka. Tme to adjust the ratio and support local produce!
Local produce has a much smaller ecologocial footprint.
So, don't they make cheese or grow tomatoes in Germany? This is just another leftist 'We Welcome Migrants' publicity stunt.
exactly, anything you need immediately to survive should be able to be found locally.
Absurd
I do not see the point of this, Hitler had commercial trade with people of another race from other nations as well.
it was just a PR stunt I dont think it was well thought of
"No Spanish tomatoes". So can't they grow tomatoes in Germany. It's just shows they don't buy locally!
I think that is kind of the point. No, tomatoes don't grow in germany, or if they do, they just taste like water. If germans would only eat locally produced vegetables they would need to stick to cabbage, potato and carrots.
Tomatoes grow in holland and taste fine so I'm sure Germany can grow their own as well. Doesn't even have to be in a green house, I have them in my back yard.
Yuuuuup: try to think to apply this point of view of some extreme contry as Norway, where the water practically kills everything edible except for fish and 3 types of plants. When i went to Tromso i found a San Benedetto bottle of mineral Water, and that's an Italian brand.
"No Spanish tomatoes". So can't they grow tomatoes in Germany. It's just shows they don't buy locally!?
the funniest thing is that, if this is about races, most of Spain is of Germanic decent, look up the Visigoths
I'm not racist, so I would not bother much with it. I would simply go to next market, haha.
Most Racist Countries In The World 1990 - 2015: https://youtu.be/nRlDzXUzNVo
Most Racist Countries In The World 1990 - 2015 https://youtu.be/nRlDzXUzNVo
awesome idea!
Cool idea.....
That's a great initiative from Edeka. Thank You Edeka, thank you very much.
is it the job of a grocery store to teach political correctness? Germans resent islamic migrants who are violent towards them...what has that got to do with food?
ON THE HEAD!!!
I think this was a great idea. I hope people learned that we are all connected and interdepended on each other for our very livelihood. Great job.
They just made photos of the emptiest shelves. That's still more than enough food for people. (Also, how can food be racist? Are you sure you were looking for that word?)
The beer is still fully stocked.. so we are fine!
This makes a strong statement but only if they advertised it well. I think we would be shocked here in the US at how many foreign products we consume daily.
The point is made. Such a down-to-earth reminder of how diversity we all are. A big thumb up for Edeka. Racism is always bad, there is no excuse for that!!!
Menschen müssen zusammen halten um auf diesem Planeten etwas zu verändern im pos. Sinne und spirituell und im Mitgefühl für einander zu wachsen ,nicht gegeneinander! Wir müssen es LERNENund realisieren ! DANKE EDEKA !
This is what the world would look like.
a) great idea! b) the apple juice in the bottom right corner of the 5th picture is delicious, I always made a point to get some when I was over there :)
Well, well what can I expect from european thinking....Obviously trades are needed but that have nothing to do with ridicules trash emigration.
This is incredible! I hope the point got across. I just don't understand why people think less of others just because they are from a different place. Just imagine you going to a new place and people are rude to you and always do mean gestures, even in front of children. I just wish people would think about what they do instead of judge so quickly.
I missed the point the super market intended hence my earlier comment. Variety is the spice of life whether it be food or the gentle sex for that matter (in a lighter mode no insult intended to the gentle sex)
I need my parents to read this is English for me (its German/swiss btw)
Brilliant!
Amazing. If I lived in Hamburg, I would shop there.
I think it's a geat thing to show how involved we actually are into each other's life. We have got to a point where thinking about getting rid of foreigners is like getting rid of yourself. Nonsense. And, by the way, define "foreigner", if we are all born in the same world...
When I come across here in America that talk about immigrants having to get it out, I say "Cool... Have you told the Indians the good news yet? ... When do we leave? We are all leaving leaving right?" They just look at me dumb! lol.
lol.. of the course the beer isle was full.
Oh no,there goes the food😢
Wow!!! that is great if more stores would do this things might change ...
Stupid people will never understand the meaning of living in the world!
I wonder if this store has stockholders. Maybe it's family owned? The owners will definitely lose revenue until the stock is replenished.
Love it. The diversity of culture. Just like we can all enjoy different foods, music, history, etc with understanding, tolerance, mutual respect and compassion racism can be erased.
This means they should start investing in German products more. No wonder the shelves look empty.
Yes, let's make life hard fer people who've done nothing wrong! This'll help people see our point of view! Also Hamburg, Germany is the last place you should be preaching about 'Diversity is Good' considering all the shit they've gone through.
This is trying to make a point about the current gimmegrant invasion. I guarantee, without a shadow of a doubt, that not one of the products removed was manufactured in one of the countries that these drains on society originate in. To remove the products made in France, Switzerland and Italy is just moronic. If I still lived in Germany, my home, which is going to hell before my very eyes, I would certainly not be giving my hard earned Euro to Edeka anymore. Merkel has already suggested that dosing the native population with oxytocin and peer pressure to get them to tolerate the scum raping their way through the country while living off the taxes of my family and neighbours is the way to go, this is right up there with that kind of stupidity.
Absolutely fantastic answer to those who think about silly things like racism.
That would be the last time I'd use that market chain to protest them being ignorant by labeling everyone racist that disagrees about their culture being destroyed and replaced.
Excelente
The man power to do this overnight, what a great team effort! Brilliant!
This is a lot of BULL. They have become so dependent on everyone else to supply the shelves that they have forgotten how to be self sufficient and in the process put a lot of local people out of work. It is not the way a country should take care of their citizens .
Wunderbar!
I feel this was a brilliant, graphic way to show what we'd be missing without diversity. Well done!
Bitch please, remove everything that is made in China and see what is left!
Is a lot of your food made in China?
... And it was the poor staff who ended up having to remove and replace all the crap just so some manager could make a point...
Maybe the German food needed breathing room? IMG_0023-5...e10bf8.jpg
What does trade have to do with ethnic diversity and other PC drivel?! Germany was buying all those things 100 years ago, too.
In order to have full diversity, I suggest to the managers from EDEKA, to fill in the shelves with garbage product from all over the world, products which do not obey the QA standards for food security. Only in this way those managers could match "diversity" which is currently "enriching" our continent.
We can see that the beer section is still well stocked. But we can't see the sausage shelves: I guess they are trying to cheat a little bit.
excellent tactic!!!! impressed!!!
Variety is the spice of Life! Fantastic! :)
Fantastic! Variety is the spice of life :)
While i understand and support the message (even if it is a little too heavy handed for my taste) it still feels like an exercise in pointlessness. Couldn't you also say that the reason the shelves are empty is because of cheap imports (removed from the shelves) causing a lack of support for manufacturing these products (on the whole anyways) in the country itself?
Plenty of room for those local entrepreneurs who couldn't get their products in because they can't compete with those masive corporations
Nope, it's not the immigrants or the foreigners that bring the foreign food into the shelves. That's called global economy. Edeka is just showing how few local products is selling... they make a good point, although perhaps not the one they wanted :)
So buying local products is racism now? Which multinational food company sponsored this title?
where are the sausages????!???
I guess I don't get it. One can diversity, without having billions of people move into their home land.
YES!!! Great point made! Shows how much we need each other, and teaches how much we take for & take each other for granted
YES!!!! All for it!!! Makes people think that we need each other, and how much we take for & take each other for granted
This is awesome! Diversity protects us from becoming narrow minded!
Message well depicted
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I love this.
I love this.
It points out that Germany isn't self reliant when it comes to such a basic necessity as food. I for one would not want to live in a country that has to rely on outside sources to supply food. Sounds like the cost of living is high. As for being an example of ethnic diversity ...well, uh, if I hate Brussel sprouts...but love German pancakes, does that mean I'm a prejudice bastard?
I think it's a very interesting concept.
And so Deutschland companies made more money than anyone that day while the people went Hungry. They restocked the next day due to talk of civil war and violent riots screaming. "Where's my steak!".
This makes a really good point! Now we should try removing all the people that drive our buses and trams, clean out workplaces and do a lot of other other low paid but important jobs in out society..
Great idea! Good show you all. Jesus-Love...5ce3da.jpg
Actually Jesus meant disciples should love one another. 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35
Actually the super markets in the US should follow this for a day - all over the country. Then only the White supremacist americans will understand diversity.
Powerful statement indeed
Wouldn't this be more along the lines of exposing nationalism or xenophobia ? The signs read : "This is how empty our shelves would be without foreigners" "We would be poorer without multiplicity" "Today our assortment knows borders". That does in no way make a point about racism, but about the origin of the everyday items in a supermarket and Germany's dependency on other countries for these items .. Such a shame that this stylish protest by Edeka is abused to focus wrongly on racism...
Absolutely great move! People who are against foreigners are not often aware that the diversity provided by foreigners is beneficial for society. If a gardener plants only fine red roses, the garden becomes boring. A symphony composed with only one instrument playing only one note with no variation in rhythm is not something most people would want to listen to. Unity in diversity is a very good goal for society.
Nothing about palm oil and worldwide rainforest deforestation for palm oil products.
Well, in my opinion its wrong that we have so much imported stuff. We should have as much food as possible from as close as possible. Why import an onion all the way from China (and spray it with who knows what so it keeps its shape) if you can grow one in Germany (in this case)? I agree though, it is a great point. To show everyone that we need to work together not against each-other if we want to accomplish something great.
Brilliant and on point
I think that some of the message is lost on the Supermarket involved. I love ethnic foods but I wish that more of the items on the shelves were produced in my own country. I can buy numerous items that could easily be produced in Canada however foreign interests have purchased the Canadian factories, shut them down & moved production to USA facilities. Our government needs to stop working so hard on free trade pacts & do something about lost production & jobs here.
Alexandra Draxler Maybe I'm missing something but I totally fail to understand what imported food has to do with racism. Would that mean one could get anti-racism credibility by chomping on a black olive or two?
no shortage of beer though ;)
The ACTUAl news is that this was done for a commercial, there were no real customers. BUT, still a nice point they made, this story just doesn't have all the facts straight,
Great point. If you walked into a Walmart that idd that it would be 99% empty. Food is often one of the few things that is still local from that country or region. Once you get into manufactured products it's even more imported.
Bravo! Brilliant move. Every country needs to promote this practice. We all could use a reminder every now and then how much we share with each other.
That is just so cool! What a great way to make a point.
Fantastic ...<3
America needs this
Wow... this is great!
I think it says much more about the way we eat and what we eat than anything else.
There was a lot of beer....but if you don't like it, there was very little to go on.
Well, there's plenty of beer...
Now do this to the Americans and see their reactions. Would be priceless.
Americans don't import as much as you'd think. Probably why most of their food tastes like shit ^^
Brilliant! Definitely makes the point.
I do not see the point of this, is not like Hitler did not have comical trade with nations of other races you know.
Now this makes sense. Racists say they will not be associated with anything that involves another race. Think about this. How much stuff do we buy (I'm only using America as my example) that is not American made. You might as well run around naked, move out of your house and stop driving. The vast majority of clothing, household items, appliances, games, and vehicles (even American vehicles have foreign made parts in them) are from another country. Job well done.
I think we are confusing races and countries here peeps
Racists eat food to foreign or otherwise unless of course you speak for 'racists.' The problem is the impact the numbers have on societies and the values they bring.
I think that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it really gives you a picture of how diverse the world should be. I was glad that there was still a good amount of beer though!
I'm thinking they lost a lot of money that day, while competitors made more.
Well that's Europe. If we took everything foreign off the shelves.. there'd be holes everywhere but the general look of the thing wouldn't be that different.
I am loving this. Excellent move. I hope some people learn from this.
Should do this in Australia as well.
Next step: take out all products made from companies that utilise foreign labour. Oh wait then there'd be absolutely nothing on the shelves not even beer. Sad.
I like how there was almost no difference for the beer section.
I get the point!
Looks like a normal supermarket before a cyclone hits here in Australia!
I read the comments below before writing... And in return I don't get it how some pandas don't get the message.
I don't see how could they have lost the point, this is really clever and outstanding!
They almost only had beer.
Supergeil
I think they made their point. Now we have to wait for the response of the german public!
it was just a pr stunt do hold your breath too long
LOVE THIS! great way to make a statement and get the point across
I honestly think they are justified in what they did, great way to get a point across!
This is amazing, it roasts the racist people. Lets hope that life will change
love it ... more countries should follow suit
Just think what our stores would look like. Say our department stores only carried made in USA products. The store wouldn't have any clothing very little in appliances no tvs, etc. oh none our our POTUS's products either.
I think it brings up a good point about how cultural appropriation is junk. That all cultures borrow from each other and this leads to understanding and acceptance rather than create animosity and isolation.
What an ingenious idea I absolutely love it it sure makes a powerful positive statement four thumbs up for thumbs up thank you for posting this it will definitely be shared
Well done!!
This is an excellent way to show how we add value to each other because of our diversity.
Thank you you managed a great statement peacefully. I love all those who came up with the idea and, worked so hard at it
Excellently made point! Every country should try this. What an eye opener!
so true
This is Fantastic I think that every store should follow this example in the USA to teach Americans about the same thing. Including restaurants should try this approach as well.
I'm impressed! In addition to make a very important point, it is also very creative, and ingenious marketing. Makes me wonder how our United States grocery stores would stand up. I imagine we would see pretty much the same results.
more variety more fun...without variety its boring...
Excellent idea Drives the point home
If this is indeed true, EDEKA is my new favorite supermarket chain. Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! So is this really true?
This would have made quite a impact, its reality the world needs more of it thay get my vote
So incredibly proud that an organization would take such a risk to stand up for the rights of all people and diversity. Racism is such a ignorant and unjust behavior. Kudo's Edeka! If I'm ever in Germany, which I truly hope to be one day. I will make a visit and share my pride!
Wow!!! What a truly impressive and very strong graphic way of making a point. Talk about clarity!!!
brilliant way to make a point. globalism isn't an idea...it's a reality.
THIS IS GREAT Let's SEE IF AMERICA WAKE'S UP AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS MEANT TO BE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN GREAT, BECAUSE WE ALL OUR DIVERSITY IN PEOPLE, FOOD, RELIGION ETC. SORRY FOR MY CAPS.
Great idea, I approve!
Excellent idea! I approve.
Excellent - a company willing to take a bit of a loss for the sake of awareness! Well done!
Fantastic! I do hope the shelf stockers get paid over time to put everything back, though.
I am unable to grasp in any way how there is any connection between imported food into a culture and millions of refugees who are making your country unsafe and feeding off of your generous social services that are costing German citizens their retirement benifits. Must be a German thing.
Because I want a political lesson from my grocery store
Brilliant! I wish a chain of stores in America had the nerve to do this too!
An expensive lesson that is much appreciated.
Not sure if this German supermarket knows this, but Germany, Spain and Greece are majority white countries. Their attempt at making a point about racism failed.
Makes a great point. Just as we enjoy food from an assortment of other countries to be a successful market, so we should think a country is successful in it's acceptance of a diverse population.
I think it's a great thing they did!!
One aspect of the analogy was missed though. Foreign food products have to be screened and only let in if they pass regulations.
If they were intellectually honest, they wouldn't stock items from arab counties were the wave of immigrants are coming from in Germany. Ironically, the store would still be fully stocked. Now THAT would make a great point...not this politically correct bullsheet.
It would have made more intellectually honest if they announce the weren't going to stock items that came from arab countries where wave of immigrants are coming from. Ironically the store would still be fully stocked.
there is a major difference between importing consumer goods, and letting unvetted immigrants into your country
lOVE THIS!!!
Great lesson!!!
I would be pissed off. If I go to your store, I want to BUY stuff. I don't go to your store for a lecture. Waste my time, lose my business forever.
misinterpretation! On the contrary, foreigners should work for us in their fields, not migrate to EU
good job!
Muy bien hecho, sin discursos, sin balas, simplemente la realidad!!
They miss the point. If the foreign food on the shelf was of unknown origin, and unknown production standards with no semblance of quality control having been exercised.....and then that food was to be paid for "ONLY' by German citizens while the German products could be had by foreign customers for free....then there might be a fair metaphoric comparison. The argument, strife, around immigration is about uncontrolled, illegal immigration who's cost is born by the absorbing country. ''uncontrolled, illegal immigration''....not immigration per se.
So, the 'refugees' coming in are representative of a large part of a world market? If so, then, you should not do biz with the countries they're fleeing. Silly stuff.
But without capitalism and the co-mingling of cultures that it brings, who would make the polynesian party torches for anti-immigration xenophobes to wield?
WOW... it's screams "GET THE F OVER YOUR RACISM IDIOTS" I love this. I feel bad for those that shop there that had to go elsewhere to get their needs met but I think it's a brilliant idea. I bet there isn't a grocer in the USA that would do that. Leave it to the Germans to give the rest of the world a pie in the face around this racism bullshit!
If goods don't cross borders in peaceful trade, then eventually soldiers with guns will.
this makes a point, seriously needed to help those who are immune to diversity, we are together in this, share the beauty in all cultures. we all desire to joy and happiness we get from eating scrumptious food.
No, it really *doesn't* make a point -- not to their intended audience, anyway. Here in the US, this wouldn't make any sense, since it's got nothing to do with "diversity". There is nothing about a Mexican national picking our produce that makes it any *better*; it's simple economics. Most Americans are unwilling to do hard farm labor for low pay. Many Mexicans are. That says *nothing* about "diversity".
Yes! all large name markets should do this for one day! but can they get together and actually agree?
And this helps their people being murdered and raped and taken over by the folks they allowed in with out vetting, exactly- how?
What a wonderful display. I hope that everyone gets the point.
Trump supporter's response: Yeah but we never said anything about keeping out stuff from the good countries! If you keep the stuff from the good countries there like Europe and remove all the low-quality stuff from the bad countries like Mexico the supermarket will be even better! Left-wingers lying about us as usual fake news!
I am NOT a Trump supporter but I do see how NAFTA was screwing not only America but also Mexico. You see it was supposed to be a treaty where Mexico and Canada would be Manufacturing countries for the US, except that there were all this foreign investments into Mexican factories where at the end China and India (and others) had a loop hole where they owned more stocks and started taking decisions that would benefit them instead of the original NAFTA investors. BTW, Trump supporters dont advocate for products made nowhere else but on the US, thus the MADE IN AMERICA movement, things are not as easy as this supermarket made it to be where you just empty out all the foreign products, there are many things in between that is not considered by the common folk when they are getting their Tortillas and their Croissant bread.
well plenty of alcohol to DRINK WITH YOUR TEARS!
Brilliant! I'd love to see this in my stores, I'd learn a lot, I think. Most folks likely have no idea how much of our produce, as well as dried, frozen and canned goods, are brought in from other countries.
I think this supermarket chain will have its complacent brain exploded the day that some of Germany's return ISIS fighters enters one of their oh-so-PC shops and machine guns the place.