Penny Market's Birthday Action went wrong

The Economic Competition Authority has received a dozens of complaints in connection with Penny Market's Birthday Action. The discount priced products ran out of stock in a few moments and customers trampled each other for food.

The chains of stores which arrived to Hungary 13 years ago, has promised customers that certain foods can be purchased for a few hours on the 13 years ago prices. But most of the discount priced products – tomatoes for 90 HUF, cheese for 550 HUF and beer for 50 HUF – ran out of stock just a few moments after the start of the action. According to the resolution of National Association of Consumer Protection (OFE) Penny Market's action was misleading and that the OFE contacted the Economic Competition, which has been informed to investigate the possibility of initiating proceedings – reports Népszabadság Online.