--- title: Nutella Shoppers Go Crazy in France in Viral Videos description: A Nutella discount sent French shoppers into a frenzy over the deal in viral videos. canonical: https://time.com/5120211/nutella-riots-france-discounts-video/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-26T14:15:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:34:25.000Z og:title: This Nutella Sale Was So Good People Lost Their Minds og:description: Don't get between these people and their nut spread og:url: https://time.com/5120211/nutella-riots-france-discounts-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadfe0086212741eb/6988d9f2096a94bd1669f2c4/stolen-nutella-in-germany-ft-blog08171.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1600 og:image:height: 900 og:image:alt: Nutella lovers fear hazelnut apocalypse og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Nutella Sale Was So Good People Lost Their Minds twitter:description: Don't get between these people and their nut spread twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadfe0086212741eb/6988d9f2096a94bd1669f2c4/stolen-nutella-in-germany-ft-blog08171.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Nutella Sale Was So Good People Lost Their Minds > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jan 26, 2018 2:15 PM UTC  15 Aug 2014, New York City, New York State, USA --- New York, United States. 15th August 2014 -- File image: Jars of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread are seen on the shelves of a supermarket in New York. 15 Aug 2014, New York City, New York State, USA --- New York, United States. 15th August 2014 -- File image: Jars of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread are seen on the shelves of a supermarket in New York.Richard Levine—© Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jan 26, 2018 2:15 PM UTC [Eager shoppers got a little nutty](http://time.com/4583818/black-friday-shoppers-nike-store/) when [Nutella](http://time.com/5016830/nutella-recipe-change/) was slashed to 70% off at some supermarkets throughout France. Viral videos show things devolving into chaos as shoppers grab, push and scream to scoop up as many jars of the [Italian chocolate spread](http://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/) as possible. The quest for the kitchen staple got so out of hand at a supermarket in [Ostricourt that police](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article196792718.html) were actually to the scene. An employee in L’Horme in Loire painted the scene for [_The Local_](http://www.leprogres.fr/loire-42/2018/01/25/la-guerre-pour-du-nutella) by comparing the shopping etiquette to “scenes at the Battle of Berezina fought between the French army and Russia.” That was likely a more epic fight, but there are no videos to be sure. As the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a determined nut spread shopper. 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