With the cost of feeding a family up by an estimated £2,290, consumers, like many across Europe, are taking direct actionMarcel Demir was not impressed. The Swedish student had been monitoring the price of chocolate and crisps and had noticed that both had gone up astronomically.“Absolutely, prices have gone up,” he said, standing outside a branch of Sweden’s grocery store chain Coop in Stockholm Central train station. “I usually buy crisps and chocolate and they’ve gone up a lot. Chocolate recently. Crisps over the last year.” Continue reading...
Swedish shoppers boycotted major supermarkets for a week in response to rising food prices, blaming an oligopoly of supermarkets and producers for prioritizing profits. Protesters are now planning further boycotts, targeting specific retailers like Ica and dairy producer Arla, to pressure politicians to address the issue of high prices and lack of competition. Similar boycotts have occurred recently in Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
