Anyone who spontaneously stands at the checkout in the supermarket without their own bag during their lunch break or after work can currently find that the paper bags are missing there.
"Due to the tense global raw material situation", the Cologne-based retail group Rewe announced on request, "there could be temporary bottlenecks in paper bags in individual highly frequented markets".
The situation is not tense, as additional purchases keep bringing in goods.
In addition, there are sufficient “environmentally friendly alternatives” such as cotton carrier bags or cardboard checkout boxes.
Carsten Germis
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The discounter Lidl, which, like Kaufland, belongs to the Schwarz Group, does not want to provide any information on internal processes, but also states that there were briefly “due to increased demand, occasional delivery delays for our paper bags”.
The competitor Aldi Süd is observing “the situation on the market very closely”, but has not yet seen any delivery bottlenecks.
The supermarket giant Edeka, with its around 3,600 self-employed businesspeople, is unable to provide an overview of the paper bag situation at the supermarket checkouts due to its decentralized structure.