When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 many companies decided to leave Russia.

https://leave-russia.org/ is a source that lists companies and their current relation to Russia.

Not all companies on this list is as transparent as this and that gives reason to question their position in this matter. Until they have made it clear, using their services is up for debate.

One of the companies that is clear on it’s position is IKEA.

IKEA

IKEA Details

In an article from June 2022 they states that their factories and stores in Russia and Belarus will change owners or be shut down. Import and export with these countries is stopped. According to sources in Russia, IKEA sold out their stock in a couple of days and the closed shop.

https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/corporate/ikea-takes-the-next-step-to-scale-down-in-russia-and-belarus-220615/

IKEA Press Release

To figure out what position a company have takes some effort. For instance, the product “Marabou Mjölkchoklad” is manufactured by Marabou, a company that is not listed. However, it’s parent company Mondelez is listed as still active in Russia. This claim should be available on their homepage. After checking it is not.

Mondelez Details

Their first press-release following Russias full scale invasion is:

“Mondelēz International’s SnackFutures Announces Start-Ups Selected for CoLab Class of 2022

  • Ten US-based, mission-driven brands will participate in the second year of the start-up engagement program

  • Each receives a $20,000 grant, mentorship and hands-on collaboration with industry experts as part of 12-week growth-centric curriculum”

There is no mentioning the war in this press-release or in any of the up until present day. It is a good idea visiting the homepages of some of their owned brands to look for additional information.

Mondelez own the following brands according to information on their homepage:

5 STAR, 7DAYS, ALPEN GOLD, BARNI, BELVITA, B0URNVITA, CADBURY, CADBURY DAIRY MILK, CHIPS AHOY!, CLIF, CLORETS, CLUB SOCIAL, CôTE D’OR, DAIM, ENJOY LIFE FOODS, FREIA, GRENADE, HALLS, HONEY MAID, HU, KINH DO, LACTA, LU, MARABOU, MAYNARDS BASSETT’S, MIKADO, MILKA, OREO, PERFECT SNACKS, PHILADELPHIA, PRINCE, RITZ, ROYAL, SOUR PATCH KIDS, STRIDE, TANG, TATE’S BAKE SHOP, TIGER, TOBLERONE, TRISCUIT and finally TUC

  1. Daim says that the only production plant is in Sweden: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/our-brands/daim/ “The only Daim plant in the world is situated in Upplands Väsby outside Stockholm in Sweden”

  2. Marabou has no information on any of these pages: https://www.marabou.se/om-marabou https://www.marabou.se/faq https://www.marabou.se/hallbarhet/

Google domain search is used:

site www.marabou.se ukraina site www.marabou.se ryssland

Ryssland is Russia and Ukraina is Ukraine in Swedish. Not a word with regards tot he war.

  1. Oreo, no mentioning the war: site:https://www.oreo.com/ ukraine site:https://www.oreo.com/ russia

  2. Philadelphia, no mentioning the war: site:https://www.philadelphia.co.uk/ ukraine site:https://www.philadelphia.co.uk/ russia

  3. Toblerone, no mentioning the war: site:https://www.toblerone.co.uk russia site:https://www.toblerone.co.uk ukraine

  4. TUC, no mentioning the war: site:https://www.tuctime.it ukraine site:https://www.tuctime.it russia

If this information is missing it can be assumed they are still doing business with Russia.