Between pharmacies and distribution, the sales price of the autototes may vary from less than 2 euros the unit to more than 6 euros. As at the episode of masks, the big brands are accused of making it a call product.
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To believe that they can not help it. Barely the supermarkets have been authorized by the government to market the autototes in their departments – until January 31 – that already the price war seems triggered … under cover of defending the coins of the consumer.
“Our buyers get prices from + in + competitive with new orders. E.Leclerc now sell them to 1.24 euro (6,20 € The box of 5). It is at cost price (without margin ). Far from scarce stocks, this opening benefits the French “, Launched on Twitter, Thursday, December 30 , Michel Edouard Leclerc, the President of the E.Leclerc stores. Most supermarkets are committed to selling unsteps at cost, just under 2 euros.
“risked for public health”
The government had authorized “exceptional and until January 31, 2022” the sale of SAR-COV-2 antigenic detection autototes outside pharmacies, according to An order published in the Official Journal Tuesday, December 28th. A measure that the large distribution has demanded for several days as part of the holidays to expand sales circuits beyond the only pharmacies. “Incomprehensible and risky for public health”, according to the national order of pharmacists, who had reacted on 29 December by a statement.
“We do not play with the health of the French,” he said, judging the enlargement of the “risky sale channels because an autotest is not a passport for life in society, the interpretation result varies depending on the situation of the symptomatic person, contact or simply seeking an additional barrier gesture before a family meal. Autototes should not be confused with screening tests because they do not allow tracing and screening . “
The first clients in high surface did not fail to indignate on the social networks of the price difference with the autototes sold in pharmacy, whose prices turn around 25 euros the box of five. “Leclerc against pharmacists, it’s been more than twenty than it lasts,” says a competitor. This episode is reminiscent of that of the masks, whose sale in supermarkets had started in May 2020. Some distributors had been accused of making it a call product.