Volkshilfe denies an alleged price increase of up to 150 percent in the Sonnenmarkt Oberwart. However, suspected cases will be closely investigated.
Entering the social market is not easy for many people. However, price increases and inflation are increasingly forcing this. According to Volkshilfe statistics, around 50,000 people in Burgenland are affected by poverty.
Nasty surprise at the checkout
The five state solar markets in Neusiedl am See, Mattersburg, Oberwart, Güssing and Oberpullendorf – which were set up by the state of Burgenland in collaboration with the Burgenland Social Services and Volkshilfe as operators – are also part of the Pannonian Table’s existing offering . an essential provision for people who can no longer afford food, hygiene and household items at standard prices.
They buy up to 66 percent cheaper on social markets. However, for some customers at the Oberwart Sonnenmarkt in recent days, their purchase ended with a nasty surprise at checkout.
The list of complaints is getting longer
While a well-filled bag of pastries used to cost around two euros, some customers say they now have to pay many times more for it. There is even talk of price increases of up to 150 percent – and in times of inflation, customers are annoyed that they can no longer afford to go to the Sonnenmarkt Oberwart. The list of complaints in the market is correspondingly long, according to employees who are now expressing their dissatisfaction on social media and referring angry customers to Volkshilfe, the operator of the solar markets.
Volkshilfe wants to check it now
People here are more than surprised by the alleged price increases. “Our prices may not exceed 30 percent of the regular sales price and we strictly adhere to this,” says Volkshilfe director Markus Kaiser. A local inspection of the “Krone” in Sonnenmarkt Oberwart also confirms this.
According to Kaiser, we will investigate how it could have happened that the price development on the Oberwarter Sonnenmarkt in recent days has been a negative surprise for many customers.
The demand for offers on the solar market is increasing
However, demand on the Oberwart solar market remains high. “At the beginning of the week we had more purchases than ever before. About 160 customers were counted on Tuesday and Wednesday alone. This also proves that our offering is needed more than ever,” says Kaiser.
Source: Krone
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