Bulgarian consumers boycott major supermarkets to protest rising food prices

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Bulgarian consumers boycott major supermarkets to protest rising food prices  Shoppers are demanding a law to regulate prices and asking supermarkets to limit their profit margins on foodstuffs to less than 30%.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/22/bulgarian-consumers-boycott-major-supermarkets-to-protest-rising-food-prices  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Bulgarians have continued a boycott of major food retail chains and supermarkets in the

00:06country over discontent with rising grocery prices.

00:11Last week's boycott, the second of the year, led to a nearly 30 percent drop in the turnover

00:16of major stores, according to local media.

00:19For this small grocery store owner, the boycott has led to an increase in customers coming

00:48to buy foodstuff at her shop.

01:03To address the protests, national authorities and some state regulatory agencies say they

01:07have begun price inspections.

01:18are demanding supermarkets limit their profit margins on foodstuff to less than 30 percent

01:24and want lawmakers to pass legislation to regulate prices.

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