The Great CANCELLATION of Russia continues: UK shoppers hunt for Ukrainian vodka to help besieged nation… while furious customers demand Tesco REMOVED Russian Standard vodka from shelves
- Google Trends shows searches for Ukrainian vodka have surged in recent days
- Nemiroff is the biggest exporter of vodka from Ukraine, and sponsors UFC
- Other Ukrainian brands include Khlibnyi Dar, Khortytsia, Dima’s and Zirkova
British shoppers are hunting for Ukrainian vodka to help the besieged nation – while furious customers call on Tesco and Sainsbury’s to strip Russian Standard from their shelves.
Google Trends data shows searches for vodka from the country have surged in recent days – after bars and supermarkets including Morrisons and the Co-Op decided to stop selling all Russian-made versions of the spirit.
Nemiroff is the biggest exporter of vodka from Ukraine, and sponsors UFC. Other Ukrainian brands include Hlibnyi Dar, Khortytsia, Dima’s and Zirkova.
Russian Standard vodka is no longer on sale in Morrisons and the Co-Op. Popular Ukrainian brands include Nemiroff and Hlibny Dar
Zirkova, Khortytsa and Dima’s are all produced in Ukraine. Many shoppers are looking to boycott all Russian products after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Google Trends data shows searches for vodka from the country have surged in recent days
Nemiroff: Ukraine’s top vodka exporter and one of the country’s biggest taxpayers. Sold in more than 80 countries and bottled in the historic town of Nemyriv.
Khlibnyi Dar: Produced in the Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine for fermented cereal grains – which is the most popular ingredient for producing vodka in the Ukrainian tradition.
Khortytsia: A popular brand distilled in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia. In the US it is sold under the brand name Khor.
Dima’s: Outside of Ukraine, this tipple is only available in the UK. The brand credits the soil of Ukraine for its ‘velvety smoothness’.
Zirkova: A premium option distilled in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine. The brand was set up by two Canadians wanting to introduce their country to Ukrainian vodka.
Co-op announced yesterday that Russian Standard has been taken off sale ‘with immediate effect’ as the brand is ‘overtly marketed as being Russian’ and is produced in the country.
Morrisons has also followed suit, as have a host of UK bars and hospitality businesses.
But today shoppers took Twitter to complain that many supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, are still selling Russian Standard and JJ Whitley Artisanal Vodka, which are both made in Vladimir Putin’s birth city of St Petersburg.
One customer tweeted to Tesco: ‘Still selling Russian vodka I see.’
Another, Chris Roberts, said: ‘@Tesco why are you still selling Russian Vodka. Take it off your shelves. And promote Polish Vodka. If Ikea can close its stores in Russia surely you can do this small step. Show some solidarity with Ukraine take the lead here.’
And a third raged: ‘It appears Tesco and probably other supermarkets are willing to put the profits from the sale of Russian Vodka and other products in their stores before the lives and well being of the Ukrainian people #PutinWarCriminal you should remove these now!’
Meanwhile, one Tesco customer leaving a review on the website for JJ Whitley Artisanal Vodka two days ago wrote: ‘Leaves a bad taste in the mouth’ and gave the product one star.
Russian caviar, beer and ballet have also been cancelled in the UK and around the world as many big businesses severed ties to Moscow worth £100billion-plus over the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s status as a pariah state has been underscored as financial giants, film studios, pension funds and pop stars all turned their back on the country.
Shoppers have been urging supermarkets including Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s to also stop selling Russian-made vodka brands
Growing numbers of British businesses have moved to stop buying Russian exports to the UK – and stopped trading in Russia – despite Kremlin threats that ‘economic wars often become real ones’.
Tesco could switch to Chicken Kyiv
Tesco is considering rebranding its Chicken Kiev range to ‘Chicken Kyiv’ to show support for the Ukrainian people, it was reported last night.
Rival supermarkets Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are also said to be looking at a name change.
Under Soviet rule, Ukraine’s capital was known as Kiev but now Ukrainians call it Kyiv.
Waitrose and Marks & Spencer say they have no plans to make the change, according to the Daily Telegraph. Some smaller brands and restaurants have been boycotting Russian goods. The Co-op has already committed to stop selling Russian-made vodka.
Waitrose and M&S say they have no plans to make the change, according to The Daily Telegraph.
But some smaller brands and restaurants have already made the change and have begun boycotting Russian goods.
The UK artisan food producer Finnebrogue Artisan tweeted that they were renaming their plant-based Chicken Kiev ‘in solidarity with the Ukrainian people’.
Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, BP and Shell are all getting out of Russia and fast fashion giant Asos will no longer sell to Russian customers, following Adidas and Nike’s decision top stop trading there.
Mastercard and Visa have even blocked Russian institutions from using its payment systems.
Russians looking to forget the crisis at the cinema will also be disappointed, as Warner Bros pulled ‘The Batman’, Sony ‘Morbius’ and Disney its children’s animation ‘Turning Red’.
The BBC has told Russian-state TV to stop showing their version of Strictly Come Dancing – known as Tantsy So Zvyozdami – and told another Russian TV channel to drop The Green Planet fronted by Sir David Attenborough, which is also currently being shown there.
Apple has paused all product sales in Russia – but the app store remains open. Google said today it has blocked mobile apps connected to Russian broadcasters RT and Sputnik from its Play store, in line with an earlier move to remove Russian state publishers from its news-related features including on YouTube.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have joined rock giants Green Day, Louis Tomlinson, Franz Ferdinand, Yungblud and Royal Blood in cancelling gigs in Moscow and Putin’s home city of St Petersburg and England’s football teams will refuse to play Russia along with a host of other European countries.
Back in the UK Russian ballet stars from the Bolshoi due to tour in 2022 have been cancelled and Russian composers and musicians are having their bookings axed while the war rages on.
JD Wetherspoon also took a stand by banning the only Russian beer on sale at its 80-plus pubs, while bars banned Russian vodka suck as and restaurants shunned caviar with some bringing back the Chicken Kyiv to raise cash for Ukrainian refugees.
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