More and more Swedes and Europeans are boycotting foods and hygiene items from the United States after the president Donald Trumps Different plays.
There are several reasons for dissatisfaction, including Trump’s decision to discontinue the country’s international assistance and his attacks against Ukraine’s president Volodyyr zelskkyy.
The Swedish Facebook group “Boycott goods from the United States” Has over 40,000 members at the time of writing. Everyone wants to completely exclude US goods and services from their everyday lives.
However, in the biggest grocery giants, one has not noticed any of the boycott yet. In an interview with News24 Both ICA and Coop replied that at the central level it was not noticed that goods from the United States started selling worse.
– We haven’t noticed it, said Håkan AnderssonHead of Communications at Coop Sweden, then.
Several of those who have started to boycott goods from the United States have been asking for shops noticing which goods come from the United States and which do not.
Therese buttonpress contact at Coop Sweden, announces how the company thinks about labeling.
– As a customer you can see the country of origin on the packaging of the goods, or on a sign when it comes to goods sold in bulk, such as fruits and vegetables, she tells News24, and continues:
– We believe that it is the most effective and clearest way to take part in the origin of a product. We will therefore not introduce a new label on the shelf edge.