Trotz des europäischen Verbots sind Spar-Supermärkte in Russland weiterhin in Betrieb. Unter der niederländischen Marke werden immer noch neue Geschäfte eröffnet, und einige der in den Geschäften verkauften Produkte stehen auf der Sanktionsliste der Europäischen Union
https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/11/spar-stores-keep-opening-russia-products-sold-eu-sanctions-list
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Well, I have better supermarkets full of eu goods in Russia 😂
Oh no! We are pushing their economy forward with SPAR! At least we compensate that with not buying Russian gas/oil….
A lot of polish stuff, like Coke and Pepsi, I mean polish are firm in their support for Ukraine off course, but ya know 20 bucks is 20 bucks))
The way trade works is sometimes strange. Here in the Netherlands i’ve seen some foreign stores sell Coca Cola that was bottled in Iraq. Didn’t taste great unfortunately.
I myself frequently buy trays of Coca Cola produced in Denmark. It really tastes much better than Coca Cola produced in the Netherlands. Probably due to water quality.
Politics and business are different things.
Auchan is also very active in Russia
Can any of those products be used as fuel?
Hah, you would be amazed how many corps do bussines in Russia through some loophole. Some are just too big to stop them.
Do the sanctions say you can’t sell it, or you can’t import it? And is what Spar is selling that is on the sanction list imported into Russia or made is Russia? None of the articles are clear on this.
We sure this is Dutch Spar and not South African Spar? The whole ownership structure of these two companies are confusing
Corruption?
To be fair in a way it’s better that some Russian money is leaving the country rather than staying in it, especially when it’s spent on goods which are mostly available locally anyway. Also IMHO that might have been done with luxury goods (and other stuff not useful for the war industry) to drain some of their cash reserves (of course it might just have been a drop in the bucket).
Since they current account deficit is quite low because they get a lot of revenue in USD/EUR for oil and natural resources but don’t spend that much of it that on imports has been making it easy to for them to keep the Ruble’s exchange rate quite high.
Of course OTH there are very clear and obvious issues with not cutting all possible trade with Russia as well..
I’ll continue boycotting them favouring local Irish stores so.
I don’t know what their purpose is. They are expensive and have limited range.
Now with this Russian news I’m convinced their whole business model is being in places with limited competition and ripping their customers off as much as possible
Are people not boycotting Spar across Europe? This is ultimately the way.
There’s some shady dealings going on under that tree.
As long as there is money to be made…
Boycott
So f*cking what. Stopping Russians from buying bread and milk at Spar isn’t going to do anything except help convince ordinary Russians that the west *really does* hate them.
This should be taken with a pinch of salt, maybe they sold the brand rights in Russia when pulling back since they didn’t see them coming ever again to the Russian market.
Average run-of-the-mill for-profit store chain does business among many larger and smaller store chains in a profitable location. News at 11.
Average run-of-the-mill for-profit store chain does business among many larger and smaller store chains in a profitable location. News at 11.
lol, why plebbitors so angry? Are Spar supermakets like divine thing with super-duper technology or what? Russian government only will thank you for getting rid of it, because Russia’s brands will take over spar’s spots.
Whenever the Dutch do stuff like this, I think of the[ GTA Pißwasser commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN92huYozzA&t=30s). I think part of it is America’s 300 year old grudge against the Dutch.
There’s only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.
Fuck them. Boycot.