They sell rotten fruit. Russian grocery store after a year of sanctions.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Today I'm taking you to my local grocery store. It's a typical Russian grocery store with rather cheap prices (cheaper then in fancy grocery stores).
I can tell you there were some changes during 2022 in this particular store.
Let's have a look.
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So, my local store got rid of some floor area and I suggest that is because of sanctions. Sad.
No exactly, who knows. Sanctions are not targeting consumer goods or ingredients that are imported.
@@mjs4751 Give the girl a break. She is more aware of these terrible things than most Russians (which zi know is not saying much) and is at least a bit more honest than the rest of the youtubers making profit off of showing grocery store videos
@@fatfeline1086 Very true
@@mjs4751 LOL guess you did not read past the word "break" Anyway, thanks for helping us improve this young lady's success with the algorithm at least
@@fatfeline1086 I really like Knesia!
I left Soviet Union in 93 and this store still have more food than the the entire Soviet Union did in all of its stores back then
Liar
But Soviet Union left you, and everyone else, in 1991.
@@DutchmanAmsterdam funny guy, Putin is the embodiment of Soviet Union, most of the republics are still in, aka Russian Federation
I was thinking the same thing. Russia has a long way to go down looking at this. But down it will go. And that is good. Fuck them.
@@aviira Russia has been around for over 1000 years and weathered all sort of calamities, Russians are so used to calamity they don’t really know any other way, we in the US however are much more fragile and our demise is much more certain, however the world must end as it is written in the scriptures and we are absolutely in the middle of days of sorrow, don’t wish Ill to anyone it will come back to you much harder, don’t judge not to be judged, forgive and be forgiven.
I am so amazed at how well you speak english. You make it sound so natural and easy for you. I know when I have tried to learn other languages it was very difficult for me.
Hello Kassinia, I live in California and our produce doesn’t last as long now either. Thinks for keeping us informed. Stay safe.
You speak perfect English. As an American I can just say I wish for peace and prosperity for your people and mine.
@Machen SS Yes unfortunately I agree. Putin is the problem.
@Machen SS Why ?... Is he dying of cancer ? Has he run out of weapons ? Has he cut his own gas pipe ? Have ALL the big economies of the world stopped trading with him ?
Looks like German supermarkets. We also experience lack of a couple of items and prices are way higher now. Like up to 50% higher for many things.
Moinsen aus Finnland! In Finland if you go to Lidl it's bit like this. But less alcohols and Valio and Fazer brands are with, Lidl usually is bit bigger as a store too.
In Germany, it is not much different. Of course, we still have full shelfs but the prices went through the roof, too. They tell us that inflation would be a little below 10%. This is ridiculous. They even adjusted the formula just a few weeks ago just to announce that inflation is not that big of an issue. When I go to the grocery store, I'd say inflation is something around 25%.
Hahahahaha...They played the same game here in America. Switching the formula on "what is inflation". They're a bunch of clowns and pretend as if the people are donkey's. It's almost comical. Our inflation is a minimum of 25 to 30% - Without a doubt.
Inflation is still 10% because of prices of bigger things like cars, laptops and furniture are still stable. Sure you don't buy that everyday and it doesn't help you with your personal felt inflation but inflation overall it's still mathematically 10%.
@@guidosarduce4054 Nonsense.😂
economics graduate, inflation is overall devaluation of currency, raises in prices has to do with prices of energy and fuel, transport. prices will go down, because they were raised by the market speculation at the beginning of the conflict. it takes time before the economy realigns, because were buying the stuff made at the time of high prices (that applies to food aswell). Inflation is a problem though, because the value of currencies are dropping, because we can produce less, but that is obvious, because people spend less. when you spend less, you make less stuff because people cant afford the stuff. and because there would be no one to sell the stuff, the prices will lower to attract customers. sorry for my grammar i am foreign and its very early morning. keep up guys i believe we will be fine :)
That's about right from start of July 2020 to present.. my guess is about 23%
I grew up in a grocery family. You are absolutely correct about why the store reduced its floor space. You can’t sell from an empty cart. If you can’t stock your shelves completely on a daily basis, not reducing shelf and floor space will negatively impact sales. I’m 68 years old and I have never seen grocery stores in the US look so bad in my life. I hate to go shopping in general but, I love going to grocery stores. It’s personal to me and, it pisses me off to see poorly stacked and cared for grocery stores.
Part of the problem might be that the stores cannot find workers due to the SMO and mobilization depleting the number of young men. Someone has to stock those shelves and throw out old stock especially in the produce section. The bread and pasta areas being empty signals to me that as soon as they are stocked people rush to buy these cheaper goods to put food on the table. Sanctions are making it difficult for fresh produce from warmer climates to be imported into Russia. There are more eggs being sold because that is cheaper protein than cheese.
It pisses you off grumpy old man?
Jeff, they would if they could. Don’t you see that?
@@tanyawales5445 No, the owner could put fresh fruit on the shelves. It must not be available or the owner does not have the money or people are not buying.
I don't know where you live but here in Iowa, I don't think we've been more blessed with quality grocery stores. A short distance from my house we have Hy-Vee, Fareway, Aldi, Target, and Costco. We even have a European market and an Asian Mart. In Des Moines there are several Hispanic Stores, great for limes, lemons and avocados.
Hello Ksenia! Also in my country we have huge department stores, even in smaller little towns or villages, but I still love going to the little grocery shops, as they are more familiar. As for fruits, veggies, farmer cheese and butter I prefer to buy them at the local markets, as they are really fantastic. Anyway it depends on the weather: if it is a snowy or rainy day big grocery shops are perfect, otherwise I do love local outdoor markets. Great video, great info, as usual. Thank you very much.
It is fascinating to get a personal tour like this from a Russian citizen. It was similar on the surface but so different from much of America at the same time. I think still -for how long who knows-American super markets are kind of a commercial wonder of the world. The bad side of that is that for those with the money it leads to incredible waste and extraordinary amounts of products bought. Way too much for some and way too little for many others. In America the abundance on many of these shelves is beyond the means of too many people. Thank you for sharing this little movie from a corner of your life. Be healthy and stay safe.
walmart fight :D
this is not a supermarket, this is a shop in the yard, where you can go in a home suit. That's why there is such an assortment.
She has to be very careful not to say anything against Putin or the Kremlin.
@@r.d.9399 если она что-то скажет против Путина, то нам придется ее съесть
Are we living in the same America? The shelves have been bare since vivid. I would faint if I saw this selection in America.
I live in Georgia (USA) and notice that often fruits are not ripe enough when sold. This is supposed to be the peach state but I haven't found a ripe peach in years because they ship in peaches from someplace else and don't use local farms. The ones in the stores these days are hard like apples and they are not supposed to be that way! We don't usually see rotten food, but sometimes it doesn't last as long after we buy it as it used to. I think some of this is because of supply chain issues. In Russia I can see why supply chains would be affected by sanctions, but here in the US I think it is due to greed, and partially to too much rain over the past few years which results in bad quality crops.
in the UK it's dead on arrival half the time, buying veg ahead of time more than 24 hours and it will be starting to rot...... Brexit innit, self sanctioning idiots that we are have been suffering for a year already with veg
Nothing like a peach picked ripe from the tree. It's completely different from those things in the store.
I noticed that most of the fruits sold in American grocery stores are not ripe and sweet.
Strawberries look big ,ripe and juicy but when you bite into them they are not sweet at all. So are the papayas, nectarines peaches and even apples and pears are not sweet and juicy.
They look beautiful but are not tasty.
Peaches, apples, pears, are a year old when they are sold in stores. They are picked before they are ripe and then put in stasis via a nitrogen pressurized cooler. When they box them they get hit with ethyl gas to force them to ripen.
U do realize most of the US especially the Midwest has been in a drought the last 4 to 5 years and 80% of the vegetable farms are in the midwest...crop yields have been down around 40% in that region because of the drought...
Could be a supermarket anywhere in the world. It's amazing how standardised everything is world-wide.
@@donalkinsella4380 Which country is this? Because even here in Norway...some stores especially the big ones like Rema 1000 often times have mouldy fruit on display. Usually it's tossed out within 2 days though, 3 days max. Some times...the shelves of some stores can also be empty as well..for varying reasons.
Hey Xenia..So glad to see you..I remember before seeing your local store and it didn't have bad fruit or vegetable..infact , I remember commenting how beautiful the produce was..I do know the large stores get better items..There are less items in my small store also and I think it will be the same around the world.. Blessings,Safety and Prayers 😺🙏💜
In some lower cost stores near me in the US they basically have food that's about to go bad (even boxed food that is shelf stable) and that's why it's cheaper. But yes the produce is terrible and it's very disappointing when it's your only option. They're getting what the big stores don't want anymore
You are charming and interesting. I am following all aspects of the Ukrainian War. Today we visited an opening of a Ulrainian refugee centre in our local town. There are 1700 mainly women and children accommodated here. They are very resilient. Some are seeing psychologists for the traumas they have experienced before they fled Ukraine. Little girls danced to traditional Ukrainian music and almost bought me to tears.From Ireland.
I'm glad it's not worse for you. I can't wait for this stupid war to be over.
I work in a major chain drug store and our shelves are not very full either, it has been like this since the pandemic. We have very little overstock in our backroom also. Ohio USA
CVS’ and Walgreens’ shelves are pathetic. I’m 68 year old, come from a grocery family and background and can hardly believe my eyes when I go to a store. It actually makes me angry.
Where at in Ohio? I'm in Ohio as well and my experience is the exact opposite. I've been in a CVS, Walgreens AND Rite Aid store in the last week as well. The only thing that seems to constantly run out of stock now and over the last few months has (strangely) been the candy aisle at ALL of the Dollar Generals in my area, even though the grocery stores have full candy aisles. Other than that, I have not seen one single store ANYWHERE that had "not very full shelves" since the middle of the pandemic.
@@johnnytyler5685 I’m in SoCal. The shelves aren’t unstocked but, choices and varieties are much more limited than before the pandemic.
That store look's to have a very good varity to be honest. I am being serious it has better selection than Some of our supermarkets even.
Ksenia, you have a full measure of courage and honesty to report things that might not sit well with the FSB. In contrast, our news media are reporting a 16% increase on food prices month on month last month, nothing suppressed, just the truth. Russia is likely to suffer food insecurity more than North America due mostly to supply chain issues, depending upon how long the conflict lasts. You are a very brave young Russian, please watch your back.
A Situation far from to be miserable. However, thank you for your work, observation and insight. Best Regards from France.
When I convert the ruble to USD the prices for food in Russia are unbelievably cheap. My local Jewel food store would charge 2 to 3 times as much for the items.
Don't forget their wages are much less, everything is relative.
Cheap? what looked like butter or margarine was over £3 in the Uk it's about half the price those persimmons work out at £3.16 which is nearly 1 and a half times as much and seeing as on ave in the Uk we earn 4 times as much in a month, they are pretty expensive
The average US citizen probably earn 5-8 times what the average Russian does per month
they only make about $500 usd a month. But i'm glad to see the Sanctions are doing something. Putin is another Hitler. Learn world history, he even uses the same "reasons" and "words" Hitler used to justify invading other nations and the horrors that come with those invaders.
@@mackemsruleFTM The average salary in St. Petersburg is higher than in Russia. 900 dollars a month. In addition, she went to a chain store, which is in every yard. There are larger stores with a huge area and goods of higher quality, and at the same time the price is not much higher than in this store. I spend an average of $70 a week on food, and this despite the fact that I buy more than I need, but I also earn more than this average salary. Prices have actually not really increased since the beginning of 2022, they became so long before that.
La Russie ne se limite pas à Moscou et Saint Petersbourg. Les campagnes sont pauvres et sous-équipées beaucoup de gens vivent dans la misère la plus noire alors que la corruption fait rage. Pauvre pays qui devrait renverser ses politiciens corrompus.
Thank you for showing us and providing insight. This restructuring and price increase you discussed and demonstrated is not limited to your Country. It's happening here in USA with national chains (We all know who) and regional (a few states). We had a regional daily grocery store that had literally rotten fruit (strawberry and raspberries). This particular store I shopped at for years and went there specifically because they always has fresh produce. They went through a period of a few months with unacceptable fruit. The issue was resolved. But it definitely isn't limited to your country.
Hello from Canada. One of many things that we, all, have in common, is that food prices have increased, dramatically; and the quality of some fresh products has suffered.
At this point I'm just waiting for the Big Mac to shrink 😒
There food is still half the price what it is in the US
yes but you make 5x more the n a russian. Adverage upper middle class russian makes 75,000 ruble a month. I make 1.2 million a month in USD. lowest American income makes 40,000 a month, low incoem russian 10,000 if lucky. Average US income 450,000 ruble a month. So those prices are much higher in russia then they realize because you can't simply convert ruble to usd. economic wise you them multiple by at least 5 so 1.00 usd menas 5.00
She seems like a nice lady, hope she can get through the dark and hard times that are coming.
Dark times that are coming for US.
Ukraine people have it worse because Russia attack them for no reason. Nothing is fare in this world. I am sure people in Ukraine have worse things to deal with. Not just food.
@Matthew Morrison Yes how is banking collapse working for you guys ? people in panick. Countries dumping the dollar like rats jumping from sinking ship. To divert attnetion they arrest Trump hahaha. Watch 2024 buddy what will happen ;)
All the rude comments. We are all just human living in a money fueled world. She should have nothing bad to say about anyone in particular. Greed is what causes harm. Generally speaking MAJORITY of people are good people. Much love from Georgia, USA. 🖤
Hi Ksenia 😊 I generally like smaller grocery stores too. Your local store looks nicely stocked, even though there is less than there used to be. However, the old or almost rotten fruit and vegetables shocked me! They didn't even seem to be marked down in price because of their condition! All that alcohol, ha-ha! People will always want to drink. 😂😉🍾🍸
When times are bad, people drink a lot more alcohol. It's a short term fix for long term problems and a big part of the low life expectancy for Russian men.
Fire the produce manager. 💪😤💪
@@scottheld4837 They may be grossly understaffed. For every 2.5 job openings in Russia there is 1 applicant. Three million Russians have fled Russia and a lot of them are young men 18 - 27 who would work entry level jobs like produce manager or clerking in a store if they still lived in Russia.
@@tanyawales5445 I worked under store owner of small grocery store when I was 15. So I know how things wrk. The first thing taught of, from either owner, down to produce manager, and or employee. Is never put out bad produce.
@@scottheld4837 I hate to say it but perhaps the store employees are drinking more alcohol than usual due to depression - a lot more.
Thanks for a fascinating insight into everyday life inside a Russian city.
Some British supermarkets have no counters - deli, butcher or bakery. My local Tesco is so drab these days. Definitely getting worse. Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury's and even Morrisons are much more inviting supermarkets.
Hello Ksenia, Greetings from Charleston South Carolina. Thank you for your video and wow, you have very understandable English language skills. You are more understandable than half of the local population here where we live. The wife and I viewed your video with amazement. The supermarkets you showed at the beginning make ours here look like dumps. We live on the Atlantic Ocean and no supermarket here sells live fish! Seafood consists of fresh shrimp in the summer and oysters in the winter. Small stores like you featured are non existent here. I can remember these small grocery stores in Germany like Edeka. They are similar to your local store. Now in the US it is becoming like the old DDR, we have to shop in several stores to find what we need. For us here in the South East cat food has been a very big problem and expensive when you can find it. More and more people are ordering on-line. We see in Europe, Amazon is waiting in the wings to take over the business from the Supermarkets there. We are also paying more for less. A dozen organic eggs is now pushing 8.00 USD. Beef we can no longer afford.
Your local store has to some extent bad management. Rotten fruits and vegetables should not be left out on display. Many times my wife wants to buy vegetables but the quality is substandard. This is in the big name supermarkets where people with money shop!
We cannot speak or read Russian but we can clearly see that even for a small shop the variety is quite good by you. I think if you were here you would be more surprised at the shopping experience in an American supermarket. Things here are on a down hill slide for the past few years.
And yes as you stated " Collapse is coming". We see that every day more and more here. What is even worse is that we can no longer even think about returning to Germany.
there are so many different supermarkets in Russia and this is probably the worst I’ve seen. There is an Australian guy on youtube covers Russian supermarkets. I think the channel name Travelling with Russell
If you are an American I am a Tree. The stuff you are saying isn’t in American English also it sounds very propagandist. American stores are constantly stocked we are genuinely fat people. If what you said was true the news wouldn’t stop reporting it. We ran out of toilet paper 3 years ago….one item, and it was on the news for months and a year. Nothing pisses me off more than people pretending to be American to cause disinformation and fake agreement with Russia propaganda.
I am in NJ and stores here do not sell rotten food. It must be taken off the shelves. I also have no problem finding what I need, but prices are way up. I always shopped sale items all my life though. So, I’m very savvy to sale cycles now.
After the GFC in 2008 supermarkets over bought things like smoked salmon for Christmas thinking people would spend big as usual but then got left with loads of fish going out of date they sold for 90% off. I ended up with a freezer full of bargain fish...
I lived in Jersey City, NJ, and I've seen rotten products at CTown market quite a few times!
And when you go inside you'll smell a strong aroma of rotten meat and a cleaning agent. Gross! Just like in some stores in rural Russia, lol
@@geraltGalleg0s Jersey City is supposedly upscale now too! 😨
@@geraltGalleg0s Ughhhh! That's gross! And could be lethal as well. 😖🤭😷
@@geraltGalleg0s C Town is a ghetto supermarket. They are only in very poor areas of NYC. Many other stores are much cleaner and better...
Hello Ksenia, congratulations on another wonderful video. This is very interesting and I wonder would you consider making a video about your weekly shopping list? I mean just the typical things you would buy in your supermarket showing how much it costs for each item on your personal list? Many people around the World are very interested to see if Western sanctions are actually having any kind of an affect. It seem some things are affected but not everything and of course the biggest thing is the cost of living for normal hard working people. You are a beautiful and wonderful Russian Woman and please keep making videos. Take Care X
У вас в том супермаркете какая-то перестановка произошла. В супермаркетах рядом с моим домом такого нет, всё на месте, количество товара не изменилось, всё стоит на тех же местах, что и до санкций. Я заметила только нехватку оливкового масла и всё.
Thank you for showing what your shops contain...
Thank you. I apologize that my country has started all this stuff. God bless
Hello Ksenia, worrying signs! interesting to spot identical products seen in the UK like the teas/persil/ariel/fairy/etc and although I don't drink an extensive selection of (some fine) wines plus Stella!!! As mentioned below there's a limit of 3 cucumbers/packs of tomatoes per customer in most shops in the UK because of bad weather in Spain `for the next 3/4 weeks! Take care `VPN` as always graham 💖
But buy as much as you like in your local greengrocers. Are UK people such morons now that they can't walk a few steps down the street to where the local independent greengrocers shop is loaded with fruit and veg and you can buy as much tomatoes as you like. They're not. The world as portrayed in the media and the world I experience is so two utterly different things now I think if I was housebound I would be full of fear,so thank God I'm not.
@@janebaker966 True`ish but the big supermarkets (ie weekly shoppers) are rationing them until they can get them in from Spain/Morroco after snow and hail there. The local shops are having difficulties with British suppliers' worst harvest since 1985 because of Brexit `labor shortages` and fuel prices. I know because I'm on a diet 😠x
@@graham197103010 must be only where I live. Or maybe,it has been said,I live in a fantasy world of my own creation.
Anyway tons of stuff here. Not saying where!
@@graham197103010 There are 2 problems with getting fruit and veg onto British supermarket shelves and both of them are directly related to Brexit.
1) As you say, the labour shortages caused by the usual farmhands having to go out of the UK due to Brexit. "British jobs for British workers" is a fallacy, no Brits want to work shitty conditions and hours on a farm for a pittance.
2) Also, as you say, the bad harvest in Spain. Why is this related to Brexit? Because Spanish exporters have a limited stock to sell, and the first in line are the EU customers because exporting to the UK is screwed up now because of the red tape and extra expense. The UK is at the back of the queue for the fruit and veg thanks to Brexit.
But hey! We've got blue passports!
@@guyspearing4608 Ireland also in the EU is also experiencing shortages because of the bad weather in Spain/southern Europe! it's not Brexit-related its limited stocks!
Excellent review . I live in the USA and prices seem to be stabilizing hear in New Hampshire . Both my wife and I are retired and on a fixed income no rotten fruit here . Thank you so much for your honesty.
Well, I'm from Portugal, and I know Spain very well also. I could certainly do a dozen videos like this about old or nearly rotten fruit and vegetables being sold at small groceries, in every town, but it's only fashionable when you're in Russia and the hordes come in mass to the comments 🙃
but portugal is a poor country. Russia is the envy of the west, accordingly to them...
She just needs some likes from westeners who hope that Russia is doing bad. I live in Switzerland and even here you can find somme rotten fruit since its importet very often (Swiss fruits are good ;) ). Also in Germany the prices doubled almost everywhere. Sanctions in Yugaslavia where much worse.
You have to understand that small shops don't sell quick, plus they aren't climatised, hence fruits & veggies maturing pretty quick.
Not only that, large supermarkets buy their fruits in quantity, they aren't mature and kept in fruit, which slows the maturation process, they are tasteless.
Here in Denmark you also can see old fruits and vegetables in the last two years or so but prices are from 25% more, up to over 100% more. For example vegetable oil was 9,95 danish’s crowns for literally, but today is 26,95 dkk for literally oil.
I go to two supermarkets. For fresh food, I go to Publix. For anything in a can or a box, I go to Wallmart.
Show what Russia did to Ukrainians grocery shopping experience.
Here in New Zealand we have lots of empty shelves now and fruit and vegetables are more costly due to shortage after recent cyclone here.Lots of products disappearing.
kiwis, take me to your land
Гнилая морковка могла попасться в магазине и до СВО и до ковида. Лично у меня большие подозрения вызывают фрукты и овощи которые не гниют неделями - возникает подозрение, что их накачали химией.
I am in America, and am so sorry that this is even happening in the world, nice to see what's really going on in other countries, I know here that our produce fruits are awful, waiting to start own garden as soon as it warms where I live. Also prices on all foods have easily either doubled or gone up 30 to 40%. Every thing, meats forget it, eggs a dozen was 4.00. Gas was at 1 time was over 4.00gal now 3.50gal. Heating oil was almost 5.00 gal. Our government is not doing right by the citizens here. But glad to see videos from everyday ppl.
At 10m:20s in the video, you can see a large jar of Nescafe coffee being sold for 299 Rubles or $4.98 CDN. (using 60 Rubles to 1 CDN$)
The same product sells for $8.29 CDN at Loblaws in Ontario, Canada
Nescafe coffee in this store is 60% of the cost of the same in Canada!
You are terribly wrong if you think having rotten veggies and fruits in the EU in groceries is impossible. It happens everywhere. This local store looks fine.
I am very happy to see that sanctions seem to be working. Thanks for your reporting.
sanctions do not work,for example: they supply cola from Iraq, and chips already have many copies
I’ve worked in Saint Petersburg for almost 3 years until last March worked with and meet many nice people. I’m all for the sanctions my company didn’t hesitate to leave.but I also feel bad for many who are against the invasion. Out of the 55 people I worked most have left Russia. It’s a pity they had to uproot their lives because of one fool
My step brother used to live in St Petersburg, but at the beginning of the SMO he fled to the family dacha and stayed there for months since he and his wife could work remote. Thankfully his employer (he works for a western company) was willing to take the steps to get him out of Russia and he fled to Armenia last summer, before the mobilization started. Unfortunately they had to leave everything behind and don't ever anticipate being able to return.
@@mrvwbug4423 it’s also sad for many Russians who are against the war, true. Stand up against a regime like that it’s almost impossible, you wil end up in jail or even worse, you wil send to the front to the meatgrinder.
if you are for sanctions then you are definitely misinformed
Americans found it better to overthrow a racist regime than simply leave.
I guess you haven't realized the US has been out to wipe out all of Russia since 1945 to access your countries riches like they have done and are still doing to other countries. The truth about the US history and their plundering of other countries is out there. Research it. Your President Putin only wants to protect Russia. The whole world is waking up to the Truth. It's time you do too.
Cant remember if i commented before. Costs of food have gone up in every country and inflation is increasing.
I worried for my Russian friends that food would be a problem so i am happy you still have all you need although costs are high. Is that all the vegetables offered or are there good and bad vegetables. Sometimes stores may offer fresh vegetables and older vegetables depending on how they will be used and to keep grocery bill lower. Even though they may not look nice they can still be used. Most Russian stores look very good better than here in the US. Hard time but still ok. Except for families and the very poor, i really worry gor them in all countries. Prayers for peace. Take care Ksenia. Spasibo. Paka.😘
In the US, I can go to great stores and then just drive over to Baltimore and show you a few of their stores; well if I dare get out of the car. We get it. Some of your stores are a little behind. But that's something that happens everywhere so don't feel bad. In the meantime it works the same way everywhere, if the fruit is spoiled then don't buy it.
It makes sense that there are much less diversity of products. I imagine many imported items are no longer available. Also the bbq equipment I imagine doesn’t sell very well in the winter.
Hi Ksenia! Compared to London, our 'local' stores are tiny. Appearances can be deceiving, as poor quality goods, can be the offer! Alcohol as a staple item, is a real social issue.
(I did imagine pizzicato violins as the sound-bite, just one loud 🎵 chord, would do it), solely based on your tone of voice 😏! 🌱💚
Rotten fruit on offer?
Only in England.
Thanks for sharing your grocery shopping experience and background on impacts from COVID and the "special military operation" (war) in the U.S.A. Also, I enjoyed listening, especially your accent. It is the Winter season or just turned Spring, so, hopefully the fresh fruit situation will improve. Again, thank you for sharing from your part of the world. That's kind and thoughtful!
It is winter. No fresh vegetables? What a shock.
No it's springtime, where I live there is plenty of fresh produce available. Although I agree expecting it is a bit of a luxury.
Thanks from Canada. Our thoughts are with you. We know you cannot speak out about the war.
They CAN, they choose NOT TO
She absolutely CAN speak out about the war, she refuses to even call it a war though, so...
You don't represent all of Canada, there was absolutely no need for you to mention us at all, just say thanks.
when was the WAR declared?😂
the idea that we russians cannot speak about war is totally misinterpreted. Only idiotic vloggers say so
Absolutely no problem getting any items we need here in the US, but the prices are out of control ever since the Covid outbreak.
You should come to England to see how much empty are the market and little shops. Also the growing numbers of charity food banks for poor people that are struggling to survive.
Very good presentation and thank you very much. I saw Oreo cookies, must be popular in Russia.
Depends on the local stores here in France. Some by cheap products to sell and their vegetables are often rotten. I no longer shop at a large supermarket, I prefer a local market where most things are very fresh.
However, once a week, I visit an outdoor market where everything is fresh.
In Czech republic, it is the same (Lidl, Kaufland), just much more expensive.
Lucky you! Being a Russian living in Russia. I'd pick Russia over any western country to live at this point. Don't complain like a liberal. lol
Many people can no longer afford to buy because everything is expensive the price has increased due to inflation. Many families go shopping at discount grocery stores or go to food banks for food. Since a few months supermarkets have been putting anti-theft on cheeses, canned goods, meat … because shoplifting has increased a lot... and there is less choice or and the shelves are not filled. In short what I see on the video, I think you are lucky, many products and choices on the shelves and the price is very interesting. People are getting poorer and that's one of the reasons they continue the strike against the pension reform… Thank’s from France
8:18 2 rules of a grocery store. 1st: An empty shell sells nothing, make it look full, fill gaps. 2nd Rule: Sell loads of alcohol cheap, the peeps need to be filled. (same as keep
em sane. keep 'em operated.) If you can't sell 40% alc. because it's too expensive, delute it. 3rd: No one needs cheese, eggs are better for your health. 4th: If you can't put enough household stuff on the shelves, put more food on, because depressive people will eat a lot more. (Due to their medications -Alc or Pills)
I have been to smaller towns in Eastern Europe, and finding rotten fruit or vegetables at corner grocery stores is nothing new, especially in poorer countries. I suppose it is for SPB residents who were used to a Western standard of living for the past 20 years or so and always found fresh everything everywhere.
I had hoped to visit Russia someday since I've seen much of Europe and Asia but only after things settle down at this point. It's such a shame when world leaders of all countries make such decisions. Only the people suffer while they get protection and privilege.
I hope you will not "accidentally " fall off balcony thank you for your bravery ❤
As a Westerner, it doesn't look too bad to me. Looks like any budget store. You'll sometimes get one or two manky perishable fresh fruit & veg pieces in most stores especially in warmer summer months.
Not too bad for country which has 5 packs of sanctions and which is in Third World War at the moment.
Yes, it's almost the same as it was but prices, they are crazy right now, I feel soon it's going to be like a museum- came, looked at groceries and left. And we also lost some western groceries, for example I miss nesquick cocoa:(
That there canned corn, the one that costs 119 rubles now, used to cost around 30 rubles in Jan 2022. That's when I left Russia and went to USA. I knew the war was gonna begin soon.
Anyway. It DOES look bad. When shit you need to survive costs 400% more, you know you are royally fuxed
Hi Ksenia thanks for sharing. Please take care. From Australia.
Thank you for a very interesting report and insight into life in Russia.
Here in America 🇺🇸 so far everywhere I go the grocery stores are always stacked (unless there’s that panic buying in the 1st few weeks of Covid 😅) and I’ve never seen or bought rotten fruits or any other grocery items by far, thus I always look for the expiration dates on an item. I’ve had a friend who use to work in a deli department on one of the biggest stores here in the US it is Target and she told me that they throw away those salads that are not sold that particular day no matter what (and they’re not even allowed to take it home 😂) so sometimes it is a waste
You must live in the south because up north bad produce is standard.
But price over 40% up
@@tysonreuter5788 Absolute nonsense.
i work at a grocery store, whenever a pallet of fruit comes in we sit down and sift through to remove unsavory examples, be it rotten or just looking weird.
i would say 5-10% of the stuff that arrives at our store has to be thrown out before it hits the shelves.
of course i have no idea about the delivery contractor or other such stuff.
Throwing away food that is still edible, but doesn't look its best anymore, so nobody would buy it, is also something supermarkets do in Germany. This has led to a trend among environmentalists here: they sneak into the dumpsters of these supermarkets at night and take the still okay stuff, that would have been thrown away otherwise.
when we would stay for a month in ST P, I would shop at the Dixie on Gorodkovaya and the Lenta by Baltiskaya Station, we had apartments behind the Russian Museum on the Greboyadov canal, behind Kazan Cathedral and right behind the Admiralty next to St, Issac's Cathedral. We Love Your City, the people are kind and generous. Stay Well.
this happens everywhere … in a lot of shops like the one in the video (neighborhood shops) in Romania (we consider ourselves part of the "west" and with UE regulations) you find a lot of expired products (you need to always check the date …) and fruits or vegetables looks the same like in the video, as in some are in very good condition and some not so great
Your English is wonderful. I am English and i’m trying to learn German. Much respect.
I lived in Omsk for 3 years, my favorite market was Пятёрочка.... this is sad for me to watch. Thank you for your courage and for sharing. Stay safe and God bless you.
I am a dutch historian who is very interested in the life of normal people. You give such detailed information. Very impressive and handy. And I like your face when you ask: which department did not change?? (I guessed...) . Warm greetings from Holland.
Very nice video! Next time I think it would be helpful if you could tell us what are the approximate % of price increases from last year. Hopefully things will improve for everybody in 2023!😁
Persimmons are hard because they have to be very ripe to eat and there is a fine line between ripe and "rotten". As for the lemons, the thick and bumpy skin is caused by citrus scale flies. That's the way most of our "organic" lemons in farmers markets in California look. Virtually impossible to kill this pest without strong pesticides. But they don't affect the juice or flesh of the lemon.
Yes, you are correct - and those lemons she was showing were fine, somewhat on the small side from what I'm used to getting but I live in Arizona where people pick their own and give them away. She would not have a problem using them for the juices in recipes or making lemonade or lemon tea.
Greetings from Australia😊❤
I shop at Aldi a German grocery store.
It has always been less expensive than other stores.
Even so, my grocery bill has doubled.
For $120 I walk out with two bags not even full.
Also many people now shop at Aldi and it is very busy.
Chicken is expensive so is any kind of meat.
Also the prices are high for fruit and vegetables.
Eggs now $6 for 12.
Looks like Russian stores, big and small are doing okay.
You have so much more variety of products in Russia.
Don't forget that salaries in Russia are several times smaller then in your country.
* It seems to me that sanctions alone will not have the effect of reducing the shelf space occupied by stock.
* If people are not buying as much, the turnover of goods in the store will be reduced.
* Because of the reduction of turnover, the shop buys less from the wholesaler with each order.
* The food stock is not being purchased as quickly so although the shelves still need to be restocked at the same times fewer items are required to fill the shelves.
* Consequently, the shop reduces the shelf and floor area. By reducing the floor area, the shop then saves on the cost of heating or cooling and lighting for the reduced area.
* The shop may also reduce costs by reducing staff numbers, since fewer people are required to maintain stock levels in the reduced shelf areas
* The people who were previously employed are purchasing more frugally, by spending less at each visit to the shop, which feeds back into the second item above in a semi-closed loop.
Thank you for this video Xenia (?). It’s so interesting to see how things are in Russia. I agree with some previous comments that this new situation seems to be across Europe. I live in Scotland and depending on where you shop fruit and veg is not always fresh and there have been shortages. Most importantly in the UK, supermarket prices have trebled for many items. I now shop in Lidl and Aldi which I think are German shops. Personally I think retailers are hiking prices and blaming it on the war and COVID - then making record profits. A bit like the energy companies.
Yes you are definitely right about the
Price hikes and because of it people are not buying and just walking past a lot of produce and then it goes to waste sadly
I'm in East Midlands and my regular shop is Aldi and Lidl. 10% inflation? No chance. A simple example is their own coffee. Was £1.99, then £2.09 and now £2.49 in the space of four weeks. It's the same across the entire store. What was 99p is now £1.39. I'm sure we're being gouged. My weekly shop is up 20-25%, and I keep it basic.
she found one dying store and decided to present everything as if it were everywhere.
"St.Petersburg - me" states:
1 day ago (edited)
"Yes, that's actually in the video. I said: "This video is about the situation in my particular Pyatyorochka where I shop almost every day". I'm not aware of the situation in all 19k Pyatyorochkas in the country.
Yes, I know about bad management in this chain. I've been living in this area for 9 years already. And I've been shopping in this particular store for 9 years already. I clearly remember how this store looked 3 years ago and I see how it looks now."
Where I live we do not have a 'local grocery store', the supermarket chains and shopping-mall model of consumerism wiped them out decades ago. If I drive half an hour to another town I can find an independent grocers and a small store for everything packeted, bottled or canned, but they are both very expensive.
One of the 'supermarkets' I use is Aldi and they don't seem to have any objection to empty shelves - they seem quite happy to have no ground coffee, or no eggs, or no tomatoes for days on end. Catfood or hair products though, they'll have 10m of shelves full of those... looks exactly like 7:20 😂
Further on in the video and I realize your 'local store' has more items in wider variety than my 'supermarkets'! Russians must really be hurting... 🤔
Thank you for the video. Your English is beautiful. I wish you more brilliance and success in your life. Greetings from Algeria and welcome to my country
Honey, this is late winter. Tropical fruit are summer's. Such fruits are running out everywhere
Here in Canada we just go grocery shopping at multiple places. You get to know which stores have better choices and you pick and choose where you go. There are even smaller shops that only carry vegetables and fruit which are much cheaper than the big chain stores. We travel even further to go to specialty Italian stores because they carry a better selection of meats and cheeses and are also fresher in my opinion and higher quality. Grocery shopping becomes a game lol.
Ita completely different in the UK, for me anyway. I only eat mashed potatoes so I get a sack from my favourite farm
Lol how my dad shops you go to a for this product, well go 30 mins into town to west dallas to a mexican meat market whose railroad is close to the old stoxkyards for fresher more expensive keats in case of holiday cookout say a lamb or beef, well go to asian makets for wild caught red snapper and its a fun game because you never loose! Well your wallet looses but stomach wins heheh
Agreed all around. The Italian grocery stores are top tier: best quality produce, well run, super organized and best meats/cheese sections.
@@bennymule3226 lmfao rightrr
@@bennymule3226 if you realy war only that you geht blind
Hey Ksenia :)
What I see in your local store is similar to our stores who operate on a low budget by comparison to super/hypermarkets. Items that have a long shelf life (expiry dates further in the future) can be stocked in higher quantities than items with a shorter shelf life. Refridgerated items for example. Are more Russians typically willing or better able to travel to the larger stores? Is shopping at larger markets more preferred by a larger majority of the population? If your local markets have less customers, I can understand why they will keep a minimal inventory on items that expire sooner, than items like cookies and candy. The other question is people's budget? People buying less than before. As such, smaller stores will take this under consideration of what they order, how much they order and carry in their shops. If memory serves, I believe that you covered this before, regarding the buying power of people in today's world, as compared to say prior to the start of the pandemic, through today.
The new wall was very noticible. Especially being unfinished. Reducing the size of the store would help them save money on electricity for that additional area not being used. Additionally like you mentioned, to make the store look better and appear to be better stocked. I'm sure since the wall remains unfinished, that when the economy improves, they can reclaim that closed space and bring in more products.
Take care and be well. Many thanks for your video.
Thank you for sharing! I live in Canada 🇨🇦 and I’ve been wondering how the regular Russian is coping because of Covid, sanctions and the current war Russia has brought to Ukraine. Even though some items seem to be in shortage or going rotten, the stores look pretty good, all things considered.
Also, I really appreciate hearing from someone who currently lives in Russia and is not affiliated with the conflict. Thanks! I will be subscribing to your channel! Like a breath of fresh air!
~ Jamie
I WENT TO MANY STORES IN CANADA , SOME WERE AS BAD AS MEXICO'S!
remember that Europe and English speakers are not the world. but a 20% .. russia buys from the rest of the planet
Hahaha! I don’t know what area or what stores but you haven’t shopped in the regular stores, maybe some discount stores. We haven’t seen any shortages, increased prices, yes.
@@mathiasniemeier4359 caps lock zael ,pridurok?
Affiliated by nationality - they are all complicit like the Germans back in the 1940’s.
I was first in Russia in 1987 and the store you were in would have been looked as heaven back then. Russia had come a long way as far as consumers since. It is a shame Bad Vlad and his cronnies are going back to the Soviet days.
Besides the Language and the Pricing the food in Russia is packaged and presented just like in America. Our fresh fruit and vegetables look the same in smaller stores 😔 some stores just stopped carrying certain things that they can't get fresh enough, your prices are still a lot lower than the USA. The prices of Everything here is getting crazy 😧 Eggs used to be $2.00 to $3.00 a dozen they are now $8.00 to $10.00 a dozen.
Still wouldn’t want to live in Russia tho under adolf Putin
@@Uchyiamada we live in a democracy not a dictatorship like Russia I can say what I want about my government unlike anyone that lives in Russia
@@Uchyiamada you mean russia has lots of little partys which all fall under putins cronies control and do as they are told the real opposition have been put in prison or killed
@@Uchyiamada let’s be honest your a zombie bot that’s payed to spread Russian bs we all know that I’d suggest going and counting the hundred and fifty plus cargo 200 that have been left in Ukrain as your beloved dictator Putin won’t want to bring them back as then the people of Russia will realize that this war which he started has turned into a turkey shoot and he will never win especially when he has had to beg for artillery shells from sh#tholes like North Korea and Iran perfect examples of what a autocratic dictatorship is and to top it off russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world with a massively failing economy
@@Uchyiamada we know that Russia is going back to 18 century I will let you enjoy riding a horse cart to market to barter for a few fruit and veg and queue up like the good old day of Soviet Russia meanwhile I will drive my car and buy my apple products and pretty much what I want I hope you enjoy the the united Soviet states of putin
I am afraid, that it will only get worse. The wise Russian has left, or is planning to leave Russia soon - if he/she can/may. Empty shelves, big stores made smaller with walls. Different products than usual.Halfrotten fruit. But always plenty of alcohol. Shelves seem pretty full, but it is hard to compare quality, when not exactly the same goods are sold in our Western nations (in my case, Denmark). It might be Russia's wish to maintain some sense of normality in another packing, like when McDonald became "Tasty break/period".
Fast backwards to Soviet era, if Russia continues on this path.
Tasty period just sounds gross.
@@c123-i6n Maybe "Tasty break" would be a more precise translation.
You're right. This video should be seen by all people around Europe claiming economical and financial sanctions are ineffective or not working. They do are but of course it takes time, years (for example Serbia's economy is still suffering from the heavy sanctions it received in the '90s). I expect grocery stores in Russia will go through more "downsizing reorganizations" in the next years and decade. And sooner or later Mr. Putin's lies and briberies will be accounted for by the russian people.
@@RDeckardN6 The problem is that Russia isn’t a small country so the sanctions are working on both sides.
@@c123-i6n Not really. Now oil and gas prices are lower than before war. And Winter is over. Russia will run in great troubles to finance its suicidal war with Ukraine. The least can happen to them is to become a chinese colony. I'm not really sure majority of russians wish so...
Awesome coverage! You should interview your neighbors about current events and see what is affecting them during this “special operation”.
Alcohol lmfao awww her cute smile
But seriously we know not all your people can be judged by the actions of a few same as my people, ty for a insight into your country it is really interestjng to me
Here in the UK we've got rampant price inflation and no eggs. At least in Russia the shelves look reasonably full.
I am from the Netherlands, and indeed the fruits and vegetables here are fresher. But the choice in my local supermarket is comparable to yours. I cannot judge the prices, as I don't know how much money an average Russian has, to spend on groceries. I saw a lot of western products still, by the way (Bonduelle, Nescafé, etc.)
unfortunately by the time your nice veg reaches the fridges of UK citizens it's more like a ticking time bomb.... or is that a stink bomb!?
@@jameslawrence3666 I hear those stories too. But I think that is a problem within the UK.
At 5:13 she considers 99,99 Rubles very expensive for Russians. That is about 1,21 Euro.
Food is not sanctioned it just should be like this we are not like the Russians trying to freeze us
@@nataliealtmann2821 600 евро средняя, при налогах в 13%, низкой стоимости энергии и коммунальных услуг
Merci pour ton beau reportage, vidéo de très bonne qualité où on apprend des choses sur le quotidien des citoyens russes.
Pour la partie 1 de ton documentaire, je dirais que le magasin est quasiment vide de consommateurs. Pour la partie 2, j'aurais bien voulu que tu nous donnes des infos sur la date fraîcheur de certains articles, non pas ceux qui pourrissaient car là on se doute bien du premier coup d'œil que quelque chose ne vas pas. Non, j'espérais que tu retournes un ou plusieurs articles comme les Candy pour nous indiquer la date limite de consommation, je pense que c'est ce qui manque un peu pour étoffer le sujet.
Meh, on apprend ce qu'elle choisit de montrer, vu qu'elle est supportrice de Navalny donc elle nous fait du Russia bashing depuis des mois. Il y a des centaines d'autres chaines sur la vie actuelle en Russie et le discours est généralement different. A chacun de se faire une idée.
Sérieusement, il m'arrive très souvent de trouver des legumes ou fruits pourris en France aussi, surtout dans les petits commerces ou ils feront une ristourne. Et dans cette video ils avaient l’air pas mal mais elle insistait de nous montrer celui qui puait des pieds, alors qu'a côté il y avait pleins en réglè, il suffit de choisir manuellement.
@Siberian_Snake Well, to briefly sum, I was saying that she is a Navalny supporter thus she is in the minority opposing Putin, so every video will focus on negative aspects in Russia while ignoring the others. Such partisan attitudes you can find in every country.
I'm shocked at the fruit, but not so shocked at the wall.. In the UK sometimes stores will chnasange their layout, if for example, the parent company decides not to stock certain things anymore.. Maybe because they are not getting sold enough?
No, it is a supply issue. A combination of shortage of lorry drivers and Brexit red tape, that make suppliers quit.
@@ronaldderooij1774 im Talking about changes over 20 years or so. So definitely not the more recent problems you indicate here.. Lots of things contribute.. Such as people eating healthier.. Changes to opening hours. Moving out of or into markets, etc.
@@fluffcrunchmini4572 Ah, ok. But I find it hard to believe that supermarket floor space was reduced in the past 20 years. Here in NL, it increased during that period, by a lot. Causes are increased wealth, diversification of products, and increase in the number of inhabitants in the country.
@@ronaldderooij1774 Oh totally! That has probably been the prevailing outcome for us too - And definitely brexit has had an impact here. Worst self inflicted [democratic] misery on a country in some time imo... and it's definitely had an impact on fresh produce. Stupid Brexit. 😢
I literally live on the border with Ukraine in Kursk and barely anything has changed here. Especially, never seen no rotten fruit here
Growth up woman be proud of your country
I've noticed women from all over the world seem to struggle with that one. Plenty of wacko women in the west hating on their own countries and just can't seem to appreciate, well, anything.
My local store in the countryside is not well stocked and looks worse than yours, except that the food is not rotten. Just missing and the prices are soo much higher than a year ago.
Hi Ksenia. What do you think the solution is other than walling off some areas in the store? We also have very high food prices in New York!!