THE STRONG STAND BEHIND THE WATER

MOSCOW OBSERVER

The period of total sales of alcoholic products with old excise stamps is over. Our raid on the alcohol departments showed that the capital's trading network flinched, but resisted. There are no stores that have gone bankrupt yet. First of all, many ...

The period of total sales of alcoholic products with old excise stamps is over. Our raid on the alcohol departments showed that the capital's trading network flinched, but resisted. There are no completely ruined stores yet.

First of all, many retailers have been able to return banned products to their suppliers.

“Of course, there will be losses,” said the head of the Produkty store near the Turgenevskaya metro station. — I had to take alcoholic drinks to the warehouse. There are six bottles of “Flagman” alone, and there is nothing to say about elite alcohol.”

At first glance, the grocery store next to Chistye Prudy does not have a liquor department. The store manager assures that they do not sell alcohol products with old excise stamps. With new brands, goods are not brought. The manager assures that the authorities themselves create a vicious circle. If you look closely, behind the row of soft drinks there is a row with strong ones. It is unlikely that this is a legitimate product (if we assume that all the goods, as the manager assures, have already been taken back to the supplier company, but there is no new one).

Shop opposite the previous one. Apparently, the police often come here with checks (the saleswoman talks to the guard about this). There is also no alcohol on the shelves. Except small cheap bottles of vodka. Such a bottle costs 40 rubles, although some time ago it cost about 80 rubles. When asked if the vodka has an old excise stamp, the saleswoman replies that it is new ... Strange.

Due to the lack of imported alcohol, the revenue of stores has been greatly reduced.

- There is no shortage of domestic products - Moscow and St. Petersburg in particular - they said in the alcohol department at the Ulitsa Podbelskogo metro station. — But buyers are often interested in imported alcoholic beverages, which we do not have at all.

And there won't be another two weeks. In the meantime, legal imported alcoholic products can be found in large supermarkets in Moscow. For example, in the "City of Plenty" on the shelves with large inscriptions "Wine from France", "Wine from Italy", "Wine from Spain" alcohol-containing bottles with beautiful labels flaunt. But the shelf with the sign "Germany" is empty.

In one of the supermarkets near the Ulitsa Podbelskogo metro station, in addition to a rich range of domestic wine and vodka products - Arbatskoye, Confession of a Sinner, Flagman, Gzhelka - foreign products also attract attention: Mexican tequila, Romanian wine, but the prices are insane.

The farther from the center, the greater the abundance. Grocery store near the metro station "Teply Stan". Here the shelves are full. Wine, vodka, cognac and whiskey - a dime a dozen. Moreover, the brands of domestic and foreign manufacturers. Although these excises on foreign alcohol are definitely prohibited. The saleswoman assures that all products are brand new ...

For the storage and sale of alcohol with old brands, not only from trading companies, but also from ordinary citizens, the state promises to levy a fine. The promise is strange - especially in terms of "storage". Maybe they will also go to the apartments with searches?

Participants in the alcohol market believe that the situation will stabilize only by autumn, and the market will be saturated only by the New Year. In the meantime, it remains only to support the domestic manufacturer by buying its products, with which there are currently no problems.