In several Coop stores in Gothenburg, it looked like the price of Arla’s cheese had been halved, with discounts of almost a hundred SEK. A disturbance in Coop’s database led to the signs not showing the correct regular prices, writes Gothenburg Post.
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The error was discovered on Thursday
According to Peter Nordmanwhich is the Sales and Operations Manager at Coop West, the error was due to a disturbance in the central database that handles article and price conservation. This led to incorrect price signs being shown in the stores.
-We have a disruption to the central database for article and price care and this means that our signage system does not retrieve the right regular prices, says Peter Nordman to the Gothenburg Post.
The error has been going on since Monday, and when the Gothenburg Post visited one of the stores on Thursday afternoon, the staff was in full swing to remove the incorrect signs.
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Coop fixes the problem
Peter Nordman points out that the company is working on correcting the error as quickly as possible and that it is rectified as soon as the technical disorder is resolved.
– We regret what happened and work to get everything back in place as soon as possible, he says.
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