Swiss chain sorry for 'unforgivable' packaging of cream with images of Hitler, Mussolini
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A leading Swiss supermarket chain is apologizing for what it calls an "unforgivable blunder": distributing mini-containers of coffee cream bearing portraits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Migros, which also sells electronics and household goods, says it is immediately withdrawing boxes containing hundreds of the coffee cream containers and is breaking all ties with Karo-Versand, the small Swiss company that designed the collectible series of 55 different motifs — including likenesses of the German and Italian fascist dictators.
In a statement Wednesday, Migros described the incident as an internal failure and vowed to "tighten our controls for these products drastically" to ensure no more such mistakes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It says Migros subsidiary Elsa-Mifroma never should have delivered the boxes with the items to restaurants and cafes.