Edeka feud with producer takes a surprising turn

PET bottles of “Albi,” a private label from the Edeka Group, are now back on Netto’s shelves in a new design. Eckes-Granini and Netto . legal dispute between edka There’s still a lot going on around the design, similar to juice bottles, but now the range has an impact.

Summary process withdrawn

After banning the sale of its juice bottles to Neto through an immediate process, the group objected. Supreme Court Perfume announced at a hearing on Friday that it had noticed a difference in the design of the bottle. Juice producer Ex-Granini withdrew its application for a ban on selling Neto, as the Court’s spokesman stated “food newspaper“Confirmed. Now PET bottles have been spotted again at Discounter’s branches.

Dispute in court regarding the design of the bottle

Background: More than a year ago, Acces-Granini demanded higher prices from Edeka and Neto, but they refused. Since no agreement could be reached “Granini” and “Hohes See” juices were dropped from the range of the two retailers. To close the gap, they put their own brand of “Albi” juice on their shelves.

For a long time, bottles of “Albi” were sold only in tetra packs.Image: www.imago-images.de / Michael Gustettenbauer

Since the design of the “Albi” bottles had some similarities with the “Granini” bottles, Ex-Granini took legal action against their sale. Before the Regional Court of Cologne and the High Regional Court Hamburg He made an urgent application to stop the sale of “Albi” bottles. Both applications were approved, but Edeka and Neto appealed.

Compromise through new design?

Later, however, “Albi” bottles returned to Edeka shelves with a new design; Until now, juices at Netto were available only in tetra packs. The decision of the Hamburg Higher Regional Court is still pending, but the Cologne Regional Court will hear about the main proceedings in July.

According to the information of “Lebensmittelzeitung”, both parties can still agree So that the juxtaposition of “Granini” and “Hohes See” could again be included in the category of the Edeka group. One of the points of contention is the duration of the talks, which Acces-Granini wants to extend until 2023.

(crl)