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gorenje

gorenje

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Last tuesday me and my frient made a trip to Croatia to buy some Tide detergent which is not available here in Slovenia. I've made a few pictures of the detergent aisle. I would have done more but I was afraid that someone would kick me out. (I had no problems, but you never know.)
Some pictures were taken in Croatia and some here in Slovenia.
Ingemar
 
Wow. thats pretty extensive. That LUNA looks interesting. We had a product here in the U.S. called VANISH that was/is a toilet-bowl cleaner. APART is a funny name. I get a vision of my clothes melting away. What is that CALGON product? Are any of those soap-flakes?

Please give us a tour down the aisle. Which ones are good and which not so good, etc.
 
Despite it's right next to Italy, other than a few products, all the others are different! Just think of Tide (Dash here I guess) and Persil/Dixan! But I love to see AVA! It was my favourite detergent, a neighbour used it and I remind the smell from when I was 3, figures!

I love that you have a big choice of powders, here some smaller supermarkets have relegated the powders in a corner at the end of the shelves and there are just 6-7 to choose from!

GYRAFOAM: Calgon is and additive that reduces water hardness, it promises a longer washing machine life. Former slogan was "La lavatrice vive di più con Calfort" (the washing machine lives longer with Calfort) now, with the new name Calgon they stopped the slogan, at least here in Italy.
 
I see the DASH - picture #2, 4th shelf from the top, between the Calgon rack and the bottle of REX.

Great pics, there is quite an extensive offering!

When hurricane Katrina was poised to strike the U.S., Anderson Cooper of CNN was vacationing in Croatia (a gay-friendly destination on the other side of the world from the prying eyes of the tabloid cameras) and flew straight through to cover the disaster. I wonder if he brought home any detergents?? ;-)
 
Powders in large bags

Great pictures Ingemar,
I notice that the powders all seem to come in large bags rather than cardboard boxes which is pretty much the norm here in Australia, at least for now anyway, are the bags resealable or once opened would you need to store them in a container of some type?
Steve.
 
Calgon / Calfort

For dj-gabriele

Lo spot e il jingle del Calgon sono rimasti invariati, hanno solo sostituito il nome. Quel jingle è usato in tutta Europa, in Francia c'era già 16 anni fa.

They don't stopped the spot. The jingle is the same. They only change the name. That jingle it's used in all Europe from about 16 years.
 
Any liquid Tide on the store...................

Ingemar, abbiamo avuto veramente un bel viaggio martedì scorso. Grazie! Dobbiamo andare ancora una volta, non appena possibile. Che peccato, non c'è nessun liquido Tide sulle foto .......... :-( Ma io so perché! Erano tutti nel nostro carrello :-)))))))) MIAOOOOOOOO

ciao, Ricky
 
Any liquid Tide on the store...................

Ingemar, we had really a nice trip tuesday. Thanks!! We have to go again, as soon as we can. What a pity there isn't any liquid Tide in your pictures............. :-((( But I know why!!! They were all in our cart :-)))))))

Ciao, Ricky
 
Hi Gyrafoam,
yes the LUNA range of detergents, both, powders and liquids are great. I like it very much. I also like the new DUEL.
APART is a special detergent for curtains. Indeed it has a funny name :))
The slogan for Calgon is all over the same, even the jingle is quite the same. It is just translated. In Slovenia is: "Da pralni stroj bo dlje živel dodaj Calgon!" In Germany: Waschmaschinen leben länger mit Calgon! :)) Check this out, here you can see all the translations: http://www.calgon.com/
 
funny names : apocalyptic detergents

FINISH (aka Calgonit - R.-B.) ... LAST (italian hand-dishwashing liquid - Boltonhomecare.com)

One assumes that washing up leads to the end of the world *LOL*

Wasn't aware that Omino Bianco (little white man) were a whole european stuff and not only in our market. Just another funny name ...
 
The most popular detergents here are: PERSIL, ARIEL and REX as a more budget choice. LUNA is also very good, but expensive. AVA is also a budget choice, but is good.
Gansky1, I think the most expensive is the italian DASH. The most popular liquid brands are Woolite or Perwoll and are available also in XXL bottles.

Steve-Twinniefan- all powders are in plastic bags. Our powders are all concentrated "Eurocompact". (130 or 150 ml for a normal soiled load) We don't have Ultra concentrated (3x or 4x) powders in small cardboard boxes. I remember 10 and even more years ago in Italy were available Ultra detergents, but here we are not used to those formulations for powders.

(storing) I think a lot of us use a special plastic container for the laundry detergent or an old detergent cardboard box for storing the powder.

Hello Riccardo, yes you are right we had a nice trip and indeed we brought home all the liquid Tide available in the store. Well, we left only one bottle :)))
Ingemar

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Radion

Is this a Unilever product, or something completely different?

I see that Ariel has a different logo, and different styles of bottles - compared to the UK.
 
Liquid Bottle Tops

Thanks for the tour through the detergent aisle, Ingemar!

A question for you: In different pictures in the Croatian and Slovenian stores, some of the liquid bottles (Fax, Persil, Rex, Max, and Ariel) have a clear or opaque cap that looks like a "bubble."

Is this some sort of measuring or dispensing device?
 
Wow Ingemar thanks for posting i could stand there all day !
In pic three what are those serious looking bottles in the middle , sort of deep purple.
Thanks.

Darren k.
 
Hi guys
Rolls rapid, interesting question, Plavi RADION (Blue RADION) was a legendary brand in socialistic Yugoslavia. It is on sale since 1956. It is high sudsing and it was used in impeller or twin tube washers and for the boil wash. Now you can use it for hand washing. It is still made by Saponia but at the beginning the company made products under the licence of Lever Brothers so some correlations are possible, but in fact it is something completely different.

Spiralator, yes right the bubble ball is the dispenser you put along the load you wash.

Darren, in pic.3 of the croatian aisle in the middle there are some Persil color. Green Persil is regular blue is with softener (Silan) and white is sensitive. In the middle of the slovenian pic. 3 is also a purple bottle and it is a Silan softener (aromatherapy)
Ingemar
 
Twinniefan: you'll see lots of different packagings (for any type of product) around the world, somewhat correlated on the wealth of the country you're visiting and of what sells.... Comparing North America with countries in South America, you see larger packages (lower income countries have more people buying smaller sizes) and more packaging (higher income countries can afford more packaging),

On a simple level, you see bagged detergent in less wealthy countries and boxed in wealthier countries
 
Thanks for the photos, Ingemar! I like the detergent called "Rex". I wonder if your version of Tide is the same as ours? Glad to see you still have a lot of powdered detergents on the store shelves. It is quite the opposite in the USA, where liquids completely dominate the market.
 
...bagged detergent in less wealthy countries ...

Jamiel, Italy is a wealthy country but their powdered detergents are also bagged.
Well, Slovenia is not Swiss or Norway, if you mean this, but I think there are also other cultural habits to consider.
Ingemar
 
Wow! You have so much selection! My question is in going to another country, do you have to pay any import tax on returning with your purchases? I also will add that IMHO, Europe is much ahead of the USA in making packaging that has less impact on the environment, aka the landfill. Look at Tetra-pacs, etc... Greg
 
Nice selection of detergents, do you like Faks? The green Helizim Faks is one of the best detergents I have used, really nice scent, cleans well and rinses out very well.
I also like Duel, work well on whites and has a nice enough scent.
Duel is hard to find here in Northern Europe, but Faks is a bit more common, especially in Sweden.
 
Frigilux, our version of Tide is not the same as yours. I've noticed that the scent of the regular liquid Tide is the same as the German Meister Propper I brought home some months ago from Germany. (fantastic scent!) The scent of the color liquid Tide is the same as the Italian Dash salva colore. Our liquid are made in France and the powders are made in Czech Republic.

Luxflairguy, I don't have to pay any import tax for the purchase in the grocery store.

xcj, yes I like Faks Helizim. It always was the best detergent here, befor others entered the market. But it is still very good!
 

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