fuck supermarkets
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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Fuck them all. Buy local, or from smaller companies.
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.
Norwegians don't shop food.
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 isnโt Asda on this list? Itโs owned by a couple of brothers from the UK now. Not that itโs any better than Tesco.
Tbf, I think all of them took advantage of COVID to some extent
The card thing is annoying though. Tesco seemed to have pioneered it, and now Morrisons and the Co-op seems to be doing the same. Not sure about others.
Morrisons, Sainsbury's, M&S also aren't on the list, actually. But then again I don't think I've ever seen them outside the UK, so maybe that's why.
E: I've been told elsewhere that Morrisons was taken over by a US equity firm.
I thought it was owned by Walmart tbh, but apparently they sold most of it. They still retain 10% shares though.
Yeah it was sold a few years ago to a couple of brothers who made their money in petrol forecourts.
Interesting itโs people like this I really donโt understand. Like if I had a fraction of the money to be able to buy Asda, Iโm going to retire and enjoy my hobbies. I donโt get how you would want to make more money.
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.
Yes it truly baffles me how we have fostered this society.
I was listening to Gary from Garyโs Economics on the Diary of a CEO and he was tearing into the hosts on that show. What struck me is that Daniel, the host, seemed to have this simplistic view that if you want more money become an entrepreneur. Kind of glossing over the fact most people donโt want that, they want to earn enough money doing regular work. Then I donโt think he has even considered what the world would look like with Doctors, Trash Collectors, etc if everybody becomes an entrepreneur.
Then the owner will of the show Stephen shared a story about his mate who got rich and left the UK cause of the taxes. And again I canโt comprehend getting rich in a country and then leaving cause they want me to pay my fair share. I am happy to pay tax for the greater good, I just wish everybody paid their fair share.
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.
Aldi has left Denmark so the map is a bit outdated.
Spar, that is basically Global now
And Billa is Rewe, including: Penny, Nahkauf, Adeg, BIPA, Toom, DER, ...
where Spar?
Metro is B2B-only in Belgium, their B2C stores (Makro) no longer exist.
Think they're B2B in Germany as well.
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Maxima needs to expand to more countries, honestly. I visit Lithuania regularly and I love that store.
we call it mahima here since it's usually frequented by occupants and staffed by people who can't speak the local language. Despite that it has good prices and one of the best kitchens of any big market. Just annoying to shop with some babushkas who act like their kgb officer husband is still alive.
I'm from Latvia originally, Maxima should fucking die.
Itโs far far cheaper than Rimi tho. Those guys rip you off.
There are reasons why they're cheaper. For example, they cheap out on construction costs, so sometimes their supermarkets collapse killing tens of people.
Maxima also loves to give you salmonella as a free bonus: today, three years ago, five years ago, and pretty much every year for the last two decades.
Maxima is a never ending source of scandals.
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.
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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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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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