Food retailers’ decisions follow earlier moves in many provinces to stop selling Russian vodka
The Proteha sunflower seeds are gone. So are the bottles of Kvass malt beer, and the chocolate-covered marshmallows.
Empire Company Ltd., which owns grocery chains including Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo, began pulling Russian products from shelves in early March. Loblaw Companies Ltd. recently reviewed its product suppliers and has been removing items and ensuring they are not reordered, spokesperson Catherine Thomas wrote. “They generally are off shelf now,” she said.
In the days after the attacks began, liquor retailers across Canada began removing Russian-made products from stores and e-commerce sites, including Russian Standard Vodka. In the country’s most populous province, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario made the move following a directive from the provincial Finance Minister.
In the past month, Canadian companies – such as McCain Foods, auto-parts manufacturer Magna International, convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., miner Kinross Gold Corp., Ski-Doo maker BRP Inc., and outerwear retailer Canada Goose – either suspended operations in Russia or withdrew from the market altogether.
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