Kauver Introduces 10% Monthly Discount for Retirees

Overview

• Kauver announced on Monday that it will give a 10 percent discount to pension recipients and people aged 67 or older on the first Tuesday of each month, with the Hannover store offering the discount every Tuesday from age 60.
• The offer requires a pension ID or personal ID at the till and applies only at Kauver’s roughly 12 stores in Niedersachsen, Bremen and Nordrhein‑Westfalen, so it is a regional, not nationwide, measure.
• Major national retailers including Aldi, Lidl, Rewe, Penny and Kaufland currently do not offer a general retiree discount, though individual branches such as Marktkauf‑Center Bergedorf and the owner‑run Teiba Markt in Neuruppin run local senior offers.
• The cash relief is concrete but limited: a 10 percent cut on a €120 monthly shop saves about €12 that month (€144 a year) and many promotions exclude reduced items, tobacco and other categories which lowers the effective saving.
• Use of app‑based discounts raises access issues for non‑smartphone users and courts are still weighing such complaints — the OLG Hamm rejected an age‑discrimination claim over the Penny app in April 2026 but allowed revision to the Federal Court of Justice.