Illustration of surgical masks. - Nicolas Datiche / SIPA

  • 60 euros for 50 surgical masks? The photo of a sale in a Carrefour store has gone viral on social networks.
  • The offer only took place in this store. 

"It deserves a boycott", "this is where capitalism leads in times of crisis" ... Comments have been acerbic on social networks after the publication of a photo taken in a store of the Carrefour brand. The image shows a special operation: the box of 50 surgical masks is sold for 60 euros, or 1.20 euros per unit. It is a “cost price” operation, as we can read on the poster.

These masks were sold in a Monegasque store. - Facebook screenshot

Contacted by 20 Minutes , the Carrefour group confirms the authenticity of the operation. The brand specifies that the offer was only offered in one store, located outside of France, the Monaco hypermarket. "The price and the supplier were imposed by the principality," adds the distributor.

Since Monday, four small, medium and large surfaces, including the hypermarket, are authorized to sell masks in Monaco. These masks "are supplied by the state supply chains", develops the principality on its site.

The Principality has not confirmed at 20 Minutes if the price of these masks is framed. The price of surgical masks sold individually in Monegasque pharmacies is well framed: a mask of this type must be sold at 2.5 euros (or 125 euros for 50). At the same time, the government distributes cloth masks “to all residents”.

A second photo, posted by a Monaco user on Facebook, also shows the commercial operation. This user specifies at 20 minutes having taken the photo Monday to inform of the arrival of the masks the other members of a Facbook group where we exchange good plans.

At the beginning of April, a Casino store, located in Monaco, offered the box of masks at 138 euros, again at "cost price", as the store manager in Nice-Matin said .

In France, supermarkets will be allowed to sell masks from May 4. "The price of a disposable mask will be less than 1 euro, in line with the purchase prices abroad," the government said on Wednesday. 

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