Tesco has buckled under public pressure and withdrawn its sales of Russian products from stores across the UK. As the war in Ukraine intensifies with horrific numbers of civilian casualties killed by the invading Russian army, the supermarket giant has followed other stores including the Co-operative and Morrisons in removing Russia-linked products from its shelves.
A number of retail giants around Europe have bowed to public pressure and taken away all Russian-made vodka from sale in response to Russia’s illegal invasion, reports Cornwall Live.
“In response to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces and as a sign of solidarity with the people of Ukraine we’ve taken the decision to remove from sale Russian-made Vodka,” said a spokesman for the Co-op, Britain’s seventh biggest supermarket group said. “Russian Standard vodka has been taken off sale with immediate effect" as it is "overtly marketed as being Russian” and is produced in the country, added the spokesperson.
