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They suck.
Coops tend to be far better.
And they give eggs :)
where Spar?
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.
Oh, and Normal (which I think is scandi) is really good to buy name brands.
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?
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
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.
Well, in Norway we have a cartel/triopoly which is not good. Lidl tried to establish here, but were quickly squeezed out of competition.
Sounds like our situation here in Sweden (ICA, coop, Axfood).
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.
That is sadly a trend I witness heavily here. Have a card or pay a lot more. Except Aldi they all do that now. You can't trust any discount-signs anymore as they all have a Lil footnote รก LA "only with our app". Boycotting this trend seems to be hard ๐
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Metro is B2B-only in Belgium, their B2C stores (Makro) no longer exist.
Think they're B2B in Germany as well.
Think theyโre B2B in Germany as well.
You are correct
In Czechia, you need to legally be an entrepreneur/bussines to get the free Makro membership to shop there.
Yeah, you need a VAT number.
It used to be like that in Makro as well, but people basically would use the data of some self-employed uncle to get cards for the entire family, so they dropped the VAT-restriction (but card was still mandatory)
My whole childhood was spent at the Makro, sad that it's gone
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None of these chains are present in Norway. Lidl tried years ago and gave up. We only have some Norwegian chains here.
Norway has SPAR, right?
We do, but in an odd way. One of the Norwegian chains use Spar as a brand for some of their stores.
Interesting. Where can I read more about this? Searching for SPAR and Norway seems to suggest that it's just a regular part of SPAR.
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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As an American, I love aldis
are there any supermarkets in Europe that are not European?
Well, Walmart tried
Lidlโs got their fucking ground covered. They are not even just in Europe. Theyโre a major brand even in the USA. Same with Aldi. These two cheap discounters are not messing around.
Small hint: it should be Aldi Sรผd. Not Sud.
Sud is disgusting (basically meat juice) while Sรผd is a โdirectionโ.
Looks so nice tbh. Aldis in Germany (not Aldi Sรผd, I have Aldi Nord which is different and separate) are ugly as hell lol. I hate shopping at Aldi in Germany.
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dont forget the different Nettos. looks like scandinavia is free of supermarkets.
Coop bought out Netto in Sweden, so it would be gray for that map too.
we still have two nettos and its very confusing. https://www.supermarktblog.com/2013/04/19/schnell-erklaert-das-doppelte-nettochen/
Aldi left Denmark about a year ago. Might have been more.
Love how Metro has Switzerland and Slovenia surrounded.
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.
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.
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Aldi Sรผd and Nord are not really the same chain
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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