Supermarket
More ideas considered to decongest supermarkets
New measures are being examined to further reduce crowding at open-air markets and supermarkets, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Saturday.
He told Open TV that "at the moment open-air markets and supermarket are operating in a satisfactory fashion."
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Lockdown leads to partnerships among companies
Congestion at supermarkets, both bricks-and-mortar and online, is leading to new types of cooperations which up until a few weeks ago would have seemed rather incongruous. As a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown, online orders have soared, forcing the sector to look to existing businesses with expertise in online orders and deliveries.
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Food stores back to 9 p.m. close
As of Thursday, supermarket opening hours will only be 60 minutes longer per day compared to the period before the onset of the coronavirus epidemic in Greece, while this Sunday, and possibly the next, they will remain closed.
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Measures for supermarkets tighten up
New restrictions are going into effect as of Monday at supermarkets, while the government will assess Sunday's sales in the sector to decide whether the Sunday opening measure will continue for the next couple of weeks as had been announced.
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Quiet neighborhoods and oppressive idleness
Our suburban neighborhood is quieter than usual. I occasionally hear a ball bouncing as lone youths shoot baskets, and a number of people visited the local beach on Saturday afternoon, but most children are staying indoors, most neighbors seem invisible, and even the dogs are making less noise. I can hear the birds, both from my desk and when walking in olive groves full of wildflowers.
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Supermarkets open until 5 p.m. Sunday
Supermarkets have opened at 9 a.m. Sunday, in an attempt to control the flow of shoppers.
The decision, signed by Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis, also obliges the supermarkets to sell newspapers. This is aimed at limiting the itineraries of shoppers.
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Soapmaker Papoutsanis eyes gains from the virus
Papoutsanis, the company which set up modern Greece's first industrial-scale soap producing plant in 1870, expects its losses this year from the shuttering of hotels to be offset by soaring supermarket sales. The increase in demand as people wash their hands more frequently - due to the coronavirus outbreak - has seen its factory increase output in recent days.
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Police to conduct more supermarket, neighborhood patrols
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has boosted patrols in neighborhoods and outside supermarkets and pharmacies in a bid to avert robberies and possible lootings while seeking to give citizens an increased sense of security.
SYRIZA MEP derided for stacked cart at supermarket
A video showing SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis at a supermarket with two shopping carts stacked with supplies sparked an outcry on social media on Wednesday.
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Ministry extends supermarket hours, cracks down on profiteering
Supermarkets will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays under new emergency legislation that will go into force on Thursday as part of the government's bid to ease the challenges arising from measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.