I know what my answer would be, but apparently shoppers in Germany had a different answer! This week, a German supermarket chain, Priss, offered over $300 worth of free groceries to the first 100 shoppers to arrive at the store… completely naked. To their surprise, about 250 people showed up nude! From ABC News:
The management of a new supermarket in Süderlügum, Germany wanted to make a splash when the doors of Priss grocery store opened to the public. Instead of offering a free ham with a purchase, Priss’ Nils Sterndorff offered a shopping spree of $337 (270 euros) to the first 100 naked customers in the store.
To Sterndorff’s surprise, about 250 nude shoppers came to the store, many of whom were Danes. The supermarket is only about 2.5 miles south of the Denmark border. Prior to the opening, some of the customers reportedly spent the night camped outside the store.
“I never thought that 100 people would come,” said Sterndorff, who expected 10 nude people, according to Bilde.de. “My shop is full of people without clothes. ”
And, oh yes, there’s video goodness too. Thankfully, it’s work-safe:
hwendt12 says
I’m a little flabbergasted (ok, pun INTENDED). It would take MUCH, MUCH more than $300 for me to even CONSIDER doing such a thing, but I hear that those Danes are pretty ‘open’ to just about anything!!! Hope it was worth the embarrassment!
cmsvmom says
I went grocery shopping in Frankfurt/Cologne when I was there during the 80s. I was not impressed. The stores were smaller than I was used to in Florida, although they were very clean. Not a whole lot of variety. Could be different now. I guess Europeans dont coupon like we do.
MamaHan says
I know some of us take a bare bones approach to buying groceries, but come on! : )
elizabethlloyd says
I certainly wouldn’t buy any frozen foods while naked…
Calibabydolly says
and I am half the size of most of those streaking shoppers!
I may have a different answer if ALL the people had to be naked, the clerks and the onlookers and the cameramen. It was creepy seeing that mix!
But did you notice what they were buying? Soda. It must be crazy expensive over there and more of a luxury item.
Those 2 girls were in the liquor section, thats what I would need after a shopping trip like that!
TwoDiffSocks says
Hell yes i’d do it! i got no shame bout my body & who doesnt love free groceries??? ;p tee-hee
artmom6 says
Wow! I’m surprised that a store would do something that wild. But I’m NOT surprised at the nakedness that arrived. Some people just want to be seen (even with all their blubber) since they can’t always be heard! Not for me, though!
HarleyQ says
Hell YES I would for that much free groceries! Nudity is NOTHING to be ashamed about, and so long as your clean it can be even more sanitary than wearing clothes in a store (where clothes can carry significantly more particles of germs, dirt, etc.). If you can come into the world naked, you can go out shopping for $300 worth of free groceries nude.
You know you’d do it, that is a good savings. Heck, that’s 33% of my monthly earnings, so that’d be SWEET!
StuckInAmerica says
I’d love the free stuff, but it would be a plus. Shopping nude, yes, anytime and place provided the weather is ok and it is legal. I may be stuck in America – how difficult it is to get residency elsewhere as an American – but I am no American prude, all uptight about nudity, always equating nudity with sex and sex with sin. Germany is much more free than the land of the free.