Shops | In Finland, food is expensive because the plots of shops are divided on a sulle—mulle basis.

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Shops | In Finland, food is expensive because the plots of shops are divided on a sulle—mulle basis.

In Finland, food is expensive because new competitors in the trade sector have made it difficult to enter the region. Strict zoning and municipal land policy have, at least in the past, favored the two largest groups, namely S Group and Kesko. HS Vision tells us how this has happened.