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A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain of French supermarkets, as shoppers jostled to grab a bargain on the sweet spread.
Intermarché supermarkets offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 (£3.90) to €1.40.
But police were called when people began fighting and pushing one another.
"They are like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand," one customer told French media.
A member of staff at one Intermarché shop in central France told the regional newspaper Le Progrès: "We were trying to get in between the customers but they were pushing us."
All of its stock was snapped up within 15 minutes and one customer was given a black eye, the report adds.
Similar scenes have been reported across France, with some being described as "riots".
The hunt for discounted jars continued on Friday, with shoppers in a supermarket near Toulouse being handed just one each: