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Biggest supermarket chains in Poland vs Germany [23]
Hi guys
I recently have been speaking with some polish people about how in Poland there are supermarket chains from several countries mostly German ones, but also French (Carrefour) and Britisch (Tesco) and that the new polish government wants to introduce taxes to these foreign supermarket chains, germans are complaining about that. In Poland there are still a lot of small supermarket which are on polish hands.
I am for open market and it is very nice to have different choices of supermarkets and products, however I have been checking the situation in Germany. There are basically no big foreign supermarket chains operating in Germany and the laws in Germany make it hard for non-german supermarket chains to operate in Germany (no Tesco, no Carrefour etc).
I mean, the point is, why the germans are complaining about the new taxes to their supermarket chains in Poland while they do not allow foreign supermarkets on their soil?