• Coronavirus Germany closes its borders this Saturday to citizens from countries with variants of coronavirus

  • Germany Merkel wants to ban travel abroad after Christmas getaways to the Canary Islands and Maldives

A Bavarian subsidiary of a German supermarket chain has launched an initiative to encourage singles to do their shopping on Fridays between 6 and 8 p.m., thus

helping to form couples

in times of coronavirus.

Given that the current restrictions due to the pandemic leave supermarkets as one of the few places where you can socialize,

Edeka's

subsidiary

in Volkach (Lower Franconia, in Bavaria, south) invites buyers to come to the premises with that commercial hook, local media reported.

"The supermarket has been offering this 'singles shopping' service for about two years

, but it was as a result of the coronavirus and its restrictions that the theme of 'hearts' has become an element of attraction," he tells Bayerischer Rundfunk ( BR) store manager

Christoph Kolb

when explaining the significance of this initiative.

Upon entering the store, customers can hang a

heart-shaped badge with a number

indicating that they accept the proposal and, once fixed, they start walking as usual through the aisles while looking for the products they need.

When someone is interested in another person with that badge, they have to write down the number and

fill out a form

with pre-established suggestions such as "I would love to get to know you better while we take a walk along the banks of the Main" or

"I would love to meet you to have a juice of orange in the fruit department, "

reported the 'Main-Post' newspaper.

Employees play 'Cupid'

Then, an employee at the cash desk calls the number over the public address system and

delivers this message to the person

or gives him a contact card with a message left by the person concerned, according to the Bavarian media.

This is not the only peculiarity of this supermarket, since several reproductions of works in the 'pop art' style have been hung on the premises.

Among them is the piece entitled

'Banana Split'

by the American artist Mel Ramos, in which a naked woman is seen leaning on a bowl with that well-known dessert;

However, the figure's nipples had to be covered after complaints from some customers.

Steven Schellhorn, one of the managers of the establishment, which employs 65 people, mostly young people, told 'Main-Post' that the branch

is a "space to vent creatively."

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Coronavirus

  • Germany

  • Covid 19

Coronavirus: A Berlin hospital is quarantined after detecting the British strain of Covid-19

CoronavirusFrom Europe to Antarctica: the third wave of Covid-19 takes over the world

Coronavirus Angela Merkel agrees to toughen measures in Germany: perimeter confinements and ban on meetings

See links of interest

  • Work calendar

  • Real Betis - Athletic Club

  • Barça - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

  • Valencia Basket - CSKA Moscow

  • Hertha BSC - FC Bayern München

  • Fiorentina - Internazionale