• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    121·
    6 days ago

    Tesco can fuck off though. Price increases during the pandemic and the profits when up way more than that, indicating greed.

    They also force you to have a club card otherwise pretty much every item in the store costs more money.

    Edit: Also, why isn’t Asda on this list? It’s owned by a couple of brothers from the UK now. Not that it’s any better than Tesco.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Tbf, I think all of them took advantage of COVID to some extent

      The card thing is annoying though. Tesco seemed to have pioneered it, and now Morrisons and the Co-op seems to be doing the same. Not sure about others.

      Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, M&S also aren’t on the list, actually. But then again I don’t think I’ve ever seen them outside the UK, so maybe that’s why.

      E: I’ve been told elsewhere that Morrisons was taken over by a US equity firm.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        6 days ago

        Yeah it was sold a few years ago to a couple of brothers who made their money in petrol forecourts.

        Interesting it’s people like this I really don’t understand. Like if I had a fraction of the money to be able to buy Asda, I’m going to retire and enjoy my hobbies. I don’t get how you would want to make more money.

        • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          I’ve come to realize that a lot of these billionaires have mental illness, with some form of OCD/ Hoarding Syndrome. If someone hoarded cats, or newspapers, or junk cars, or any other single item the way these people hoard money when they already have more than they or all of their descendants could ever use, everyone would recognize them as having a mental illness.

          But somehow, being so driven to accumulate MORE money, and to even conspire with other financial hoarders to take over entire nations to loot their economies, is considered an accepted aspect of capitalism.

          • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
            1·
            6 days ago

            Yes it truly baffles me how we have fostered this society.

            I was listening to Gary from Gary’s Economics on the Diary of a CEO and he was tearing into the hosts on that show. What struck me is that Daniel, the host, seemed to have this simplistic view that if you want more money become an entrepreneur. Kind of glossing over the fact most people don’t want that, they want to earn enough money doing regular work. Then I don’t think he has even considered what the world would look like with Doctors, Trash Collectors, etc if everybody becomes an entrepreneur.

            Then the owner will of the show Stephen shared a story about his mate who got rich and left the UK cause of the taxes. And again I can’t comprehend getting rich in a country and then leaving cause they want me to pay my fair share. I am happy to pay tax for the greater good, I just wish everybody paid their fair share.

  • whome@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    6 days ago

    I shop at Aldi and Lidl too but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking these are good alternatives. These companies are part of the problem and not part of the solution.

  • SwordOfOtto@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 days ago

    Spar, that is basically Global now

    And Billa is Rewe, including: Penny, Nahkauf, Adeg, BIPA, Toom, DER, …

  • zpteixeira@lemm.ee
    8·
    7 days ago

    Auchan is one of the shadiest there is. Still operating in Russia with no intention of leaving.

    In Portugal I usually stick to Continente or Pingo Doce (both Portuguese capital owned, I think), and sometimes Lidl for some products that are only sold there.

  • fubarx@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    Some patterns jump out:

    1. None of them have presence in Norway.
    2. They all skip Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and North Macedonia.
    3. But some are in Croatia.

    Curious, why?

    • starchylemming@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      the countries listed at 2 hardly compare to croatia in most things. croatia has a thriving tourism industry and more money. they just skip the worst-off part of europe

    • Parptarf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      Between Coop, Rema and Norgesgruppen(Meny, Kiwi, Spar etc.) nobody have really been able to establish themselves. Lidl tried but only laster a couple years or so.

    • sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 days ago

      Well, in Norway we have a cartel/triopoly which is not good. Lidl tried to establish here, but were quickly squeezed out of competition.

    • huppakee@lemm.ee
      1·
      6 days ago

      I think most countries also have a local chain that is not here, there are many more companies where you can get groceries than mentioned here, also big companies that operate in 1 or 2 countries.

    • Frostbeard@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      Also Norway is not part of the EU or the customs union. Together with pretty harsh tariffs on agricultural products in direct competition with Norwegian agriculture. Lidl couldn’t import and dump prices on staple products in meat and dairy. They also had stores that was so different from what we were used to it alienated lots of customers. Not a big loss tbh, it’s a shite chain anyway.

      That being said there are issues with this sector in Norway with three operators with more and more vertical integration. No real competition

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      2·
      6 days ago

      I try to. But fucking hell, Maxima and Lidl sometimes have so much better prices. Though to be fair, it’s usually because of the fact that they sell more foreign foodstuffs while the local companies sell more local stuff. So buying cheap stuff from Maxima or Lidl is a double whammy to the local economy. Which is why I haven’t been to Lidl in like half a year. Maxima at least has local products too

      And to be clear, even the local alternatives are supermarkets generally. Very few small independent stores are left and the ones that do still exist are usually significantly more expensive and don’t carry a lot of stuff.

  • Awebo@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    Maxima needs to expand to more countries, honestly. I visit Lithuania regularly and I love that store.

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      we call it mahima here since it’s usually frequented by occupants and staffed by people who can’t speak the local language. Despite that it has good prices and one of the best kitchens of any big market. Just annoying to shop with some babushkas who act like their kgb officer husband is still alive.

    • Aux@feddit.ukEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      I’m from Latvia originally, Maxima should fucking die.

      • Awebo@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        It’s far far cheaper than Rimi tho. Those guys rip you off.

        • Aux@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          There are reasons why they’re cheaper. For example, they cheap out on construction costs, so sometimes their supermarkets collapse killing tens of people.

          Maxima also loves to give you salmonella as a free bonus: today, three years ago, five years ago, and pretty much every year for the last two decades.

          Maxima is a never ending source of scandals.