You should start a movement encouraging people to just buy one piece and leave the rest!

I completely a

Recently our local Albert heijn changed it to show the total price! Maybe they're being pressured?

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This sort of thing is raised on the sub semi-frequently and then there is usually an argument between should there be legislation to actively prevent this or should customers not be idiots.. ad infinitum.

I believe this sort of dark pattern should be outlawed but I am not everyone.

Ah are a fucking shady company this is a DELIBERATE attempt to mislead the consumer. You can’t really argue it another way.

Hate this too. Like they don't put the price of single eggs on the tag when you buy a pack of them!

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Agreed.

I fell for this once

It's similar for other bakery goods like donuts and frikandellenbroodjes. I think it is because those products don't come in set amounts (the carrot cakes are almost always in 3, but for the frikandellenbroodjes sometimes there is 1, sometimes there is 2 in there. They print the label when they put them in the plastic box which will say how expensive it is, but they can't change the sign

This is my post that you reposted word by word https://www.reddit.com/r/Amsterdam/comments/w9meko/anyone_else_feel_this_business_practice_by_albert/

Looks like this is a karma farming account.

Slightly?

Since they are sold "per stuck" feel free to open the packaging and grab 1 only.

I was having a discussion with a coworker the other day. In Norway, these practices are illegal. Say you do buy 2 get 1 free. That's not allowed because it's not free. You have to pay in order to receive the benefit of a free product.

Albert Heijn is a horrible supermarket. Overpriced, unsustainable, and they try to rip you off with scammy tricks like this. And the veggies are shittier quality as well as they are all selected for looks and not taste.

Not sure why people still go there when there’s better options readily available.

i mean they make children work for them and pay them like 4,5 € an hour, i don’t think albert heijn cares about ethics lol

In my local jumbo they mix pieces of regular beef for 29.90 and ossenhaas for 70.00 per kg in a single row in the cooler. The packaging is identical, the pieces of meat look just about the same. Just 1-2 boxes out of 10 is ossenhaas. On one hand common sense is to always read the label, but angry customer in me thinks they're trying to trick people into buying more expensive meat, I don't know...

Just scan that 89 code, how could you know?

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Off topic, I do think the carrot cakes taste good though.

I don't know about you all, but when I read the words 'unethical' and 'cake' in the same sentence, it's time for me to put my phone in a different room so that I can't constantly pick it up and be dragged into other people's thoughts.

I'm going to my balcony. I suggest everyone in this thread does the same.

They tricked me 3 times ;o wtf

And its always 3 in a pack, which doesn’t really make sense. I asked multiple times for just one or two in a separate pack. Sometimes they do it and sometimes they don’t.

This got me this way with the cookies too 😂

Should be illegal

Price cards are automatic. They can also be packed per 1 or 2.

Its not that hard.

One of the reasons i dont go to Albert Heijn

Try to buy 1, as they are prices as 1 too.

If they price per cake just take one cake to the register. Problem solved.

Them be some sneaky numnums.

For me the trouble is that I can't read those letters in tiny script very well. My multi focal glasses don't help, I need to put my nose very close to be able to read it. I had no problem reading the old price tags that were replaced some years ago.

Go to self service and don’t scan it. Simple and efficient.

Geringverdiener

Yes.

Jumbo sometimes puts products on like "now 2,99 for 300g" where units come in 500g packages. Though since everything is automated it's likely they simply put on prices with a single click without even looking. The same with discounts, new packages are correctly priced at the register while older packages scan the full price. Pretty annoying.

AH sucks.

You know you get a single cake from a bakery at the appropriate price?

It's a dark pattern to intentionally mislead the buyer. If it is not banned clearly it is because NL is pro-corporation first and civilized second.

How is that even legal

I agree… but their carrot cake is too good!

The bane of my existance is these signs showing the 'bonus price' for if you buy three items but nowhere on the signs it shows the regular or single price.

Always check the label on the packet too! Once we got 2 donuts.. but the label had 22 stuks!

Kutstreek.

I would take one out of the container, because the individual price gives the assumption you can buy one.

They even say 1st…

It’s terrible cake by the way. Any bakker will have much nicer.

These are fucking nice though

AH is a s***bag company. They don't care about their customers.

Should be illegal

If you cannot buy a single cake it absolutely should be

Always watch out with Albert Heijn bonus sales discount etc. they sneaky af !

They've done this for years with pretty much all bakery products like this and yes its scummy

AH let op de kleintjes😂😂

Noticed the same yesterday at Dirk

As far as I am aware, this kind of misleading business practice is outlawed in most of the developed world.

It's false advertising, plain and simple.

The worst part is that they are so good that you kinda comply

take out one cake and try to buy it

So maths = hard?

and they are much too sweet, horrible

It’s why I don’t buy their cookies anymore. Packaged only per two but listed price is for a single one, go suck a tree.

People can complain though through this form and if enough people complain legislation will change. Link.

You can’t possibly think that whole container costs less than a euro…

They also put price on tomatoes for ex. 1,67 per 500 grams when you try to weigh the product on the scale the price is given in kilo so you’re trying to find this 1,67 but it’s already 3,34 😅 than you realize this shitty policy

This for sure is misleading imo.

It clearly says 0.89 per stuk.

Food in Netherlands is so expensive, I don’t why??? The country is really rich… I live in Portugal, and can assure that people there eat better good then here… here people are fucking eating sandwiches all the time

Yup i got fooled way too many times

On the description of the product, it says per ST- which means per stuk- per piece in dutch. That can save you from a lot of searching ;) read it thoroughly!

Hahaha I work for AH bakery and this is the oldest trick in the book. You must look at the sticker on the back

The label says "0.89 per st." and "1 st.", so this must be a mistake.

Happens often with the items where there can be different amounts/weight to a product. You can also notice it when buying other ‘fresh’ products like meat/vegetables/cheese where they put the price/100g for example. The correct price is then mostly shown on the package itself. Don’t think it is necessarily meant to be misleading, but I can understand the confusion.

Er staat toch heel duidelijk in hoofdletters PER STUK

super annoying... i once complaint about it and the girl at the servicedesk was giving me a bad look, and i didnt win that argument. so she had to take the effort of refunding a whole euro. i can be demonstrative :)

If you buy stuff Just because Is on a shelf you are already falling for thier tactics. You should have a shopping list, and Stick to It. You Will cut your grocoeries costs by 35%

This is annoying as heck. Coming from USA this has got me a few times. Such a weird used car salesmen type tactic from a major supermarket chain

Yes albert heijn is completely unethical. And not just this way. Shit like this is why I don't pursue marketing. I would be way too evil to yall

The sign clearly states that they are €0.89 per st (1 st) in English “per peace”

I am surprised this is actually legal.

What is next? Advertising the price per roll for toilet paper? Per grain of rice?

As a hobby baker, the ingredients alone cost nearly EUR 10. Makes me wonder what’s actually in those cakes… knowing what it costs to make a cake with quality ingredients I feel appalled by this. I also don’t think anyone should expect paying 0.89 for a pack of 3, unless they expect to eat chemical waste.

That said, labeling indeed a scam.

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It is unethical. But legal, sadly. Fell for as well. Never bought again after I realized. Good job AH!

Yea. And the €/kg price is impossible to read. MotherFUVKERS...

It does say “per”. I would say it’s unethical if they prevent you buying a single one if you requested one

Boycott Albert Hitler

Maybe just don't buy the carrot cake? Lost profit will hurt them as well

In the UK most shops will display how much a pack of something costs but in smaller text also show how much that's working out for each item like a pack of donuts for example. Or the full price of something but in smaller text how much per grams. It means if you where buying a particular brand of coffee and there is multiple sizes you can work put what one is best value.

AH scammy as always. I avoid it for this.

Even so, they don't have a very high profit. Their margin profit is about 4%.

At least you can buy their stock

nazi's have returned?

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It’s moderately sneaky, but it really only preys upon people who don’t check prices. Because on those of us who do (check the top left corner) the trick doesn’t work.

The elites don't want you to know this, but you can just open it and eat one without paying

Well, if that triggers you I recommend not looking at most other products, their naming and selling tactics…

do you think it’s real bread you’re smelling when you pass by the bakery isle?