(ANSA) - VENICE, 05 APR - The Municipality of Venice will allow bakeries to install coffee machines in shops, for customers who wish to have a sort of breakfast.
But there is already controversy on the part of the bar operators, who are afraid of losing a part of their clientele.
The initiative stems from the severe crisis in the bakery sector, which in the city has seen the number of shops reduced from one hundred to around 25, which is also in difficulty in finding manpower.
The novelty of cafes in bread shops was announced - writes the local press - during a press conference attended by the city councilor for Productive Activities, Sebastiano Costalonga, and the president of Venetian bakers, Paolo Stefani.
However, the Aepe, the association of public exhibitors, does not like the idea.
In fact, the Municipality's project would allow bakers to combine bread, croissants and other desserts with automatic machines from which coffee, cappuccino or tea, albeit in a take-away glass.
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