Lithuanians’ love for discounts does not fade: explained why shoppers sweep the shelves of one supermarket on Friday | Business

“I was surprised that there were so many people in the store on Friday at 2 p.m. Especially a lot of people were at the household chemicals, and it was generally difficult to get to the cosmetic products”, said Darius.

He said it was strange to see so many cars in the parking lot in the middle of the day, and the carts were almost gone, with a team of four store employees taking the carts from the parking lot back to the store to make sure they didn’t run out.

15min reader’s photo/Surge of buyers in “Maxima”

The man from Vilnius who visited the store was also surprised by the empty shelves of some products, such as disposable handkerchiefs.

Shutterstock photo/Surge of buyers at Maxima

The flow of buyers increased by 50 percent.

Gintarė Kmitė, head of external communication at Maxima LT 15min said that on Friday, the flow of customers in “Acropolis” Maxima increased by 50%, and in the network stores – by a quarter. It turns out that shoppers flocked to the stores to be lured by the “Big Discount Days” that started on Friday in Maxima stores throughout Lithuania.

During them, on August 9-11, customers who buy two or more different or identical non-food items are given a 50% discount. discount

“Normally, when such big discounts are announced in Maxima, the flow of buyers who want to buy cheaper goods increases significantly,” explained G. Kmitė.

According to her, during these discounts, customers usually sweep toilet paper, wet pet food, socks, dishes, personal hygiene products and various household goods from the shelves.

“Maxima” photo/Buyers

G. Kmitė mentioned that these days, buyers can buy household items, children’s and pet goods, household appliances, dishes, pots, pans, textiles, personal hygiene products, stationery, and even more non-food items at half the price.

“Maxima” photo/Buyers

G. Kmitė said that after the shopping chain took into account the increased flow of customers, administration employees are already helping colleagues working in the stores.