Supermarket

The jump in inflation compared to last year has brought significant changes in the behavior of Greek consumers.

Nearly 1,4000 supermarkets operated by the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives on Aug. 15 began to offer more than 30 items, at discounted prices.

Those items include, meat, poultry, flour, sugar, rice, onions, sunflower seed oil, liquid soaps and paper towels as well as some fruits.

Seven out of ten Greek consumers have reduced their purchases in supermarkets by "a lot" and "enough" and eight out of ten in clothing / footwear in the first quarter of the year. This conclusion is based on research conducted by Netrino.

With a turnover of 9.26 billion euros and net profits of over 145 million euros, the big 7 of the organized retail sector were the most profitable in the domestic retail trade in 2020.

Retail chain owners are urging ministers to take urgent action.
Namely, 'Freedom Day' took place in England on Monday, i.e. the abolition of almost all restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, but at the same time the number of newly infected is growing and chaos is being created due to self-isolation application.

A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday afternoon, killing at least 10 people, including a police officer who was the first responder on the scene. This comes just days after eight women were killed in three separate shootings in Atlanta, Georgia.

A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied suspect was arrested in the second deadly U.S. mass shooting in a week.

The number of customers that supermarkets can serve has fallen 70% after the government's decision to reduce the maximum number of shoppers in a store at any given time, plus the weekend curfew from 6 p.m., according to a survey by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).

As of Thursday, the click-and-collect (dubbed click away by the government) shopping option will stop, the Secretary General of Commerce and Consumer Protection Panagiotis Stampoulidis said on Wednesday, presenting the changes in every sector of the market.

The market in Greece is currently operating at four different speeds, depending on each region's risk level, which is generating concern and internal conflict within retail commerce and confusion among consumers.