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Some shoppers walk out of hypermarkets on boycott day

published on 2/13/25 5:18 PM

Photo: BTA

In line with the example set by Croatia, followed by Greece, Romania, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, four organizations in Bulgaria declared January 13 a day for boycotting the large retail chains in protest of high prices. Checks by BNR reporters show fewer shoppers in the stores, but the boycott has not been successful. Most shoppers are elderly, and many items were on special offer.

Asked by BNR correspondent in Burgas Daniela Kostadinova why they did not support the boycott, the shoppers explained that they believed the reasons for the high prices in the country were "the long supply chain, everyone adds something on top", "low domestic production and more imported goods". "If something is expensive for me, I boycott it every day," replied another customer. "I don't boycott because I think the way is different. There are 240 little boys and girls in parliament in Sofia, who need to figure out the price problem," says another shopper.

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