Low-price store "Abrands" opens in former "Sky" supermarket in Mežciems

A low-price grocery store called "Abrands" has begun operating in Mežciems, in premises once occupied by a "Sky" supermarket. It opened after all "Sky" stores in Latvia were closed, and it fits the shift in shopper habits that the former chain's own owners pointed to.

Why "Sky" left

"Sky" supermarkets operated in Latvia for 28 years. All of the chain's stores were closed in the spring of this year. The owners explained their exit from the Latvian market partly by saying that customers increasingly choose cheaper goods.

Queues in the evenings

A local resident says there are always queues at the new store in the evenings. That suggests "Abrands" has already found its customers in Mežciems.

The news portal TVNET+ looked at how the store is laid out, compared its prices with those of other retail chains and checked whether shoppers can really save money on food there. The results of the price comparison are not given in the opening excerpt of the publication.