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Second day of boycotting big grocery chains announced on February 20

published on 2/20/25 7:35 AM

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Public organizations in Bulgaria have announced a second day of boycott of grocery chains for February 20, after reporting the success of the first such initiative in our country.

On the first day of the boycott, according to data from the Ministry of Finance, the turnover of the chains decreased by 28.8% compared to the previous day.

The initiative follows the example of Croatia, followed by Greece, Romania, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On the air of the Bulgarian National Radio, Maya Manolova from the civic platform "Stand Up.BG" and Velizar Enchev from "Bulgarian Spring" called on citizens to support small neighbourhood shops and family businesses on this day.

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