A Tutzinger institution disappears. The Edeka closes. A greengrocer would continue to operate the market. However, the company does not issue the license.
Tutzing - Erdal Babacan already had concrete ideas. The operator of the "Tutzinger fruit house" wanted to continue the Edeka market in the center, which has its last day of sale on Saturday. Babacan wrote an application, he confirmed to Starnberg Mercury. He would have loved to run the market from July 1st. But that didn't work. The company did not want to continue operating under the Edeka name, he says.
On the other hand, Edeka would be open to another successor solution, company spokesman Christian Strauss assured on request. But without the licenser Edeka it is too risky for the 49 year old Babacan. He had already drafted a concept. His family would have been involved. He still wanted to keep the fruit house in the “Vinzenz Murr” store, with which he has built a good reputation since 2006.
Edeka plans to fulfill the lease by 2022
Edeka Südbayern wants to fulfill his lease, which runs until November 2022, as spokesman Strauss confirms. So it is not the Tutzinger Müller family as the owner of the property, but Edeka who is the contact person. Strauss confirms that there were interested parties - but so far without success. The business indicators "also in connection with the upcoming major construction site" would prevent further operation. This means the renovation of the main street.
Landlord Bettina Müller, whose family runs a tool and household goods store next door, had first heard rumors of the closure. How it goes on? "The building will probably remain empty until the end of the lease," she says regretfully.
The collapse of several difficult influences - corona, market closure, soon street renovation - leads to discussions and worries in Tutzing's business world. "Certainly a part of the walk-in customers will be dropped," says Andreas Ende, owner of the "Blumenliesl" store across the street: "Many of the people who have been to Edeka have also stopped by." Kathleen Stützle, who runs the shop, sees it similarly. Schuh Traum ”operates. Many people went to Edeka on foot and also came to their shop. "How should older people who go shopping on foot get to one of the markets on the outskirts?" She asks. "Every closed shop is not nice for the townscape," warns Renate Schibschid-Kerkhoff, who runs the clothing store "Frauensache": "Should we close all our shops now?" Companies like Edeka are committed to the community.
Businesspeople fear: walking customers are missing
Thomas Thallmair, owner of Intersport Thallmair, has no doubt that the closure will also have negative consequences for him: "The more going on, the better." Schibschid-Kerkhoff is surprised that Edeka points to declining sales. According to their observations, many, especially the elderly, but also tourists and sailors have been shopping there until the very end. Others also said that there was a lot of activity in the market, for example at school around lunchtime.
Most business people find Erdan Babacan's idea of continuing the market very good. You can almost make it into a small department store, says Schibschid-Kerkhoff. The question now is whether perhaps a concept could still come about in the community of several entrepreneurs, or whether a financing partner can be found for Babacan. Because then, he says, he would dare.
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