• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    19 minutes 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
      1·
      2 minutes ago

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

  • whome@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    16 minutes 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
    3·
    12 hours ago

    Spar, that is basically Global now

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

  • zpteixeira@lemm.ee
    5·
    16 hours 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.

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    15·
    22 hours 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.

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
      4·
      19 hours ago

      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 á LA “only with our app”. Boycotting this trend seems to be hard 😔

    • GoodShowSir@feddit.uk
      2·
      22 hours ago

      As someone who doesn’t have a club card and never will. I do have to shop in Tesco occasionally for smaller things but I have noticed the savings aren’t as much anymore. This is not to justify it, I think there was a big push to get your data and now they have it, they are rolling back to the benefits.

      Not that the prices were that great anyway, just brought things down to normal prices.

      Edit - also screw you sainsburys for exactly the same thing.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        It’s not really a benefit though, club card gets the normal price and without you pay extra

  • Airowird@lemm.ee
    30·
    1 day ago

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

    Think they’re B2B in Germany as well.

  • fubarx@lemmy.world
    4·
    18 hours 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
      2·
      1 hour 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

    • Frostbeard@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours 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

    • Parptarf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      16 hours 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
      2·
      18 hours 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.

  • AncientSoul@reddthat.com
    11·
    1 day ago

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

    • starchylemming@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 hour ago

      aldi and lidl created a fierce competition. I’ve seen walmart and spar straight up give up and leave. apparently they couldn’t compete. later aldi expanded to the US

      • stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Spar is Dutch. I live close to the border and there used to be a Spar store but it is a Jumbo store now, also Dutch. And then of course there is Albert Hein. So it seems like Dutch people can handle the competition pretty well actually.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        60 minutes ago

        In the UK we now have Tesco and Asda saying they will price match a few Aldi products. Few others might do this occasionally as well.

        Aldi responded with saying they price match Aldi on all their products.

  • DicksAndPizza@lemm.eeEnglish
    511·
    1 day 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“.