One of the largest retail chains in Lithuania "Maximaannounced that he was withdrawing goods made in Russia and Belarus from trade. In addition, further orders to suppliers from these countries are suspended. Orders are also stopped by the trading network "Norfa".
"As before, we follow the list of legal entities included in the EU sanctions package and do not cooperate with the suppliers on the sanctions list," Maxima reported.
According to him, so far the sales of goods of Russian origin amounted to 0,8 percent. of all network sales, and the largest part of them consisted of alcoholic beverages, dry semi-finished products and sauces and caramels, and a smaller part - tea and dry groceries, such as sunflowers.
Goods of Belarusian origin in "Maxima" account for 0,5 percent. of all sales, and most of them are generated by 50 goods: alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, fish products, hematogen.
Barbora, an electronic store for food and everyday goods, also includes goods manufactured in Russia and Belarus from its assortment.
Barbora's statement indicates that alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages produced in these countries, dry semi-finished products, sauces and caramel, tea bags, dry groceries such as sunflowers, Belarusian fish products and hematogen will no longer be in the assortment.
The announcement states that Barbora will remove Russian and Belarusian goods from its assortment in all countries where it operates - in Lithuania, in Latvia, in Estonia and in Poland.
Norfa retail network says that it will sell the remaining Russian goods, but there will be no new orders in the network.
"There will be no new orders from Russia, just as there are no orders from Belarus after the history of the plane. These are very few goods, but that's not the point, the management made such a decision not because of the volume, but because the war started," Norfa representative Darius Ryliškis told BNS.
The representative of the "Iki" network says that the company does not sell Belarusian products, and the volume of Russian products is also reduced to a minimum. She later clarified that the company had decided to sell the balance and no longer accept new orders.
"At the moment, we are reviewing the balance, the basis is vodka and several other products, and we will make a decision," Vaida Budrienė, head of communication at "Iki", told BNS.
She emphasized that all goods are purchased from Lithuanian suppliers.
Trade Network "LidlHe stated that he does not trade Belarusian and Russian products at all.
The company "Mineraliniai vandenys" managed by the group of companies "MV GROUP" also announced the decision to stop the distribution of Russian and Belarusian products in Lithuania. According to the announcement, all new import orders are being canceled and options are being sought to cancel some of the import orders that are on the way.
"We categorically condemn Russia's military aggression. We are convinced that the civic attitude is above business interests, so we have made a decision to freeze partnerships with Russian and Belarusian brands for an indefinite period of time," says Marijus Cilcius, CEO of MV GROUP.
Authors: Erika Alonderytė, Milena Andrukaitytė
