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A map of European supermarkets (lemmy.world)

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[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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.

[-] Tigrafale@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I thought it was owned by Walmart tbh, but apparently they sold most of it. They still retain 10% shares though.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 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.ee 4 points 4 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.

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[-] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Lidl’s got their fucking ground covered. They are not even just in Europe. They’re a major brand even in the USA. Same with Aldi. These two cheap discounters are not messing around.

Small hint: it should be Aldi Süd. Not Sud.

Sud is disgusting (basically meat juice) while Süd is a „direction“.

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 days ago

In my town (in America) there is literally a lidl and aldi across the street from each other

I like to imagine the staff get into fights

[-] veroxii@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago

They probably do dance-offs.

[-] PlaneMaker@feddit.org 13 points 6 days ago

Sued

[-] NewDay@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

Aldi in the US https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vT5-cV4oMY8&t=19s&pp=ygUIV3NqIGFsZGk%3D

[-] Airowird@lemm.ee 31 points 5 days ago

Metro is B2B-only in Belgium, their B2C stores (Makro) no longer exist.

Think they're B2B in Germany as well.

[-] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

My whole childhood was spent at the Makro, sad that it's gone

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[-] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 days ago

Auchan still operates in russia. https://leave-russia.org/auchan

[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Norwegians don't shop food.

[-] random 18 points 5 days ago

where Spar?

[-] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 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.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

fuck supermarkets

[-] FundMECFSResearch 12 points 5 days ago

They suck.

Coops tend to be far better.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

And they give eggs :)

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I feel like it would maybe be more useful to see which American chains, if any, operate in Europe.

It seems half the supermarkets here in Dennark are Norwegian chains, for some reason. Not sure if there are any non-European ones around.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This map is still useful to remind everyone that Auchan is an amoral American style corporation that keeps doing doing it's best to keep a fascist country attacking Europe well supplied.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 15 points 5 days ago

Not sure I'd push Tesco as a great company. They are pioneers of data collection through the Clubcard and absolutely hammer you on price if you don't have one.

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[-] nuko147@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Fuck them all. Buy local, or from smaller companies.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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.

[-] SwordOfOtto@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Spar, that is basically Global now

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

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 days ago

Aldi Süd and Nord are not really the same chain

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago

Recently, they started cooperating more and their distribution is mutually exclusive. Yet, it might be better to have them in different colours.

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[-] zpteixeira@lemm.ee 8 points 5 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.

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[-] AncientSoul@reddthat.com 11 points 5 days ago

None of these chains are present in Norway. Lidl tried years ago and gave up. We only have some Norwegian chains here.

[-] Laser@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago

Interesting enough, the chains in this graphic that operate in Germany are German. Apart from some small outlets, the German market is controlled by German chains. It's just that these also became relatively successful internationally.

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[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Norway has SPAR, right?

[-] AncientSoul@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

We do, but in an odd way. One of the Norwegian chains use Spar as a brand for some of their stores.

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[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Some patterns jump out:

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

Curious, why?

[-] Parptarf@lemm.ee 6 points 5 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.

[-] starchylemming@lemmy.world 3 points 4 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

[-] sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world 4 points 5 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.

[-] krash@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Sounds like our situation here in Sweden (ICA, coop, Axfood).

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[-] skyin7@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago

Poland's gonna get them all!

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[-] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

Aldi left Denmark about a year ago. Might have been more.

[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 4 days ago

Aldi has left Denmark so the map is a bit outdated.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

are there any supermarkets in Europe that are not European?

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 11 points 5 days ago

Well, Walmart tried

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[-] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

Or perhaps use local shops instead of supermarkets...?

[-] random 5 points 5 days ago

they're too expensive for most of us

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[-] geography082@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Mercadona ftw!

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