Week 12 is here and the boycott against Swedish grocery stores has now begun. But if you are participating in the boycott and a crisis occurs so you have to shop: Where should you go? The answer may be closer at hand than you think.
Week 12 has just begun and in recent weeks the call for a boycott of the big grocery stores has grown ever larger. Fine food prices have led to thousands of Swedes calling for a boycott of large food chains such as ICA, Coop and Axfood.
Now the boycott has begun.
Boycott grocery stores week 12 – Are food prices affected?
The protest many Swedes have now begun against the big food giants is carried out with the background of food prices.
SVT’s Economics commentator, Alexander Norénduring Monday’s broadcast of the “Morning Studio” said that a confused debate arose where many take hasty conclusions. When asked if the boycott gets any major effect, he is straight in his answer:
– Absolutely not. We consumers suffer tremendously from this and I understand that you want to emotionally want to do something, but this will not lead to changed prices, he said.
Here are those who have to shop during the boycott of grocery stores week 12
Many people believe that instead of shopping with the large companies, they should, if necessary, shop locally at the merchant where you live.
The standalone grocery store Matsmart has also noticed that more and more customers have flowed to their site lately.
– We see a positive trend in general. It is difficult to say exactly how much the boycott affects us, but it is possible that we will see an extra increase next week. But when a lot is written about food prices, customers come to us, says the CEO Peter Beckius to Svenska Dagbladet.
The trader about the boycott of grocery stores: “a freedom”
A trader who runs a store in central Stockholm tells the magazine that he can negotiate directly with the producers unlike the big food giants.
– ICA, for example, has a stronger negotiating position. And so Dagab has a higher surcharge for us free traders. But on the other hand, I have a freedom that the chain shops do not have. They must comply with central agreements and assortment requirements, while, he tells Svenska Dagbladet.