Upon returning to Austria, Tricia and I discovered that the Billa had indeed squeezed the Charmin… off of their shelves! Tragic! Saddened by this discovery, we reluctantly set out on a quest to find a new brand of Klopapier.
We quickly ruled out the cheapest option, Clever. Now, Clever brand is great when you need a giant tub of ice cream or some cheap frozen pizza, but I’ve unfortunately been on the wrong end of some Clever toilet paper before. Not a good experience.
We made a decision to give Cosy a try for a few reasons:
1. It was on sale
2. It has a cuddly pink lion/tiger/cat thing as its mascot
3. Its logo is: “So weich, dass man es blind erkennt.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but if I had to guess. “So soft, one would have to be blind not to know.” Yeah, that doesn’t really make sense. Oh well. I guess my German still needs some work.
In any case the verdict around here is a definitive thumbs down for Cosy. It looks soft and cuddly, but isn’t so much soft and cuddly where it counts.
Wish us luck as our Klopapierquest continues…
sorry to hear about the dilemma! have you checked dm or bipa or another grocery store?
we haven’t actually checked around yet, but I’m hopeful we’ll find a good alternative at Billa. It makes for a fun adventure anyway.
I too was deeply saddened by the Charmin dilemma. Some FYI’s: Merkur also has abandoned Charmin, and Bipa and DM do not have it either. I have found a nice alternative….and it compares itself to Charmin on its package! It is called zewe or something like that….i’ll have to check and let you know… 🙂
So soft, that one can recognize it blind. Yeah, sometimes the cheap house brand isn’t the best. Though Matt and I did just fine on the 2.5kg can of goulash more than once.
billa is awesome. remember when the billa helped us find everything we needed for the hurricane? and their pizza. lecker-fricken=bissen^6 i just slobbered on myself.