>Putin pledges to make Russia world’s largest supplier of GMO-free food
Contrast this with just the opposite happening here in the US
Asheville, N.C.-based Earth Fare who has a footprint of about 50 new stores in the Southeastern US, announced suddenly on Monday that it will close all of its stores and begin inventory liquidation immediately. WTF???
Except:
“The announcement of Earth Fare’s planned liquidation comes less than two weeks after two other specialty grocers focusing on fresh, organic and natural foods filed for bankruptcy.
Reports surfaced late last month that both Lucky’s Market and Fairway Market had filed or were planning to file for bankruptcy. Then just days later, New York-based Fairway announced it had filed for Chapter 11 and planned to sell all of its 14 stores. And less than a week after that, Niwot, Colo.-based Lucky’s affirmed that it had filed for Chapter 11 and fielded bids for 11 stores from Aldi and Publix Super Markets. The next day, the chain announced that its founders submitted bids to buy seven stores. Overall, plans call for 32 of Lucky’s 39 stores to be closed.”
https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/earth-fare-going-out-business